‘Compensation Week’ at HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee This week, the HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee have decided to focus on compensation. With the Country Land and Business...
The stress caused by HS2 This week, Jeremy Stern reported on the stress HS2 is causing along the route on BBC Inside Out. As...
HS2 Ltd admit – Euston rebuild ‘not a fundable solution’ with ‘no business case’ Following publication of minutes of an emergency meeting of the HS2 Euston Strategic Board, it has been revealed...
Assurances from HS2 Ltd: More unhelpful things from the blogosphere. On 20th October, the issue of the difference between assurances and undertakings came up at the HS2 Hybrid Bill...
McLoughlin safeguarding statement is “either lying or knowingly throwing away taxpayers money”. In a cart-before-the-horse move typical of HS2 Ltd, Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin has claimed the proposed...
National Audit Office: ‘lack of common sense’ and ‘unrealistic analysis’ overstated HS2 business case by 86% The Government previosuly overstated the benefits of the proposed HS2 rail line by 86%, a report from...
HS3: No plan, no route, no budget, no timescale. Yesterday, a couple of months after George Osborne said he wanted to ‘start a conversation’ about HS3, he, along...
Polling shows HS2 more unpopular than ever on eve of another relaunch. A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times shows that HS2 is more unpopular amongst voters than ever,...
Ahead of the HS2/HS3 announcement On Monday, flanked by David Cameron and George Osborne, Sir David Higgins will attempt to restate the case for...
Preparing the ground for Monday As you may know, Sir David Higgins will be making his announcement about HS2 Phase 2, and may well...