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...
HS3 proposal a tacit acknowledgement that HS2 will be a failure Monday, 27th October 2014: Campaigners today said that the so-called HS3 Northern Powerhouse proposals were a tacit acknowledgement that...
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...
PMQs: Cameron makes out ‘Devo Met’ Northern Powerhouse report supports HS2, when it doesn’t. Yesterday at Prime Ministers Questions, David Cameron praised a report from the Royal Society’s City Growth Commission, which as...
HS2 costs increase by over £1bn, but not according to HS2 Ltd. The costs associated with Phase 1 contracts of HS2 have increased by £1.15bn, an increase of 11% since November...
The advert HS2 Ltd don’t want you to see “Legal, Decent, Honest, Truthful” is the slogan of the Advertising Standards Authority. However, they never got to decide whether...