Osborne wants to make HS2 an election issue, as Network Rail prepare cuts. Whilst George Osborne is set to put HS2 on the election agenda today, he is almost certain to keep...
Information Commissioner rules for release of HS2 reports. Supreme Court destroys Govt veto. The Information Commissioner, Graham Smith, has again ruled that updated Major Project Authority reports about HS2 should...
Case for HS2 has not been made, says Economic Affairs Committee. The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, chaired by Lord Hollick has today published their report “The...
Running their own gravy train: 18 HS2 staff earn more than Prime Minister A Freedom of Information request submitted by The Express and Star has revealed that HS2 Ltd currently...
HS3: Still no plan, no route and no timescale, but a £65bn budget. As expected, proposals for HS3 which have been announced today, seem to have taken the most-cost options, with the...
Budget promise on HS3 will be taking the highest cost option for another white elephant. As reported in The Independent on Sunday, Chancellor George Osborne intends to put more meat on the...
Campaigners forced to break law to continue HS2 fight in election run-up. To mark the fifth anniversary of the original announcement of HS2 by then Labour Minister Lord Adonis on 11th...
Heathrow-HS2 link (still) in limbo Update: As is typical of the weasel wording used by the Department for Transport, the situation over the HS2-Heathrow...
74% spike in rail construction wages will add billions to HS2 bill. According to the No Palaver Group, rail construction workers now have the highest average weekly pay in the construction...
HS2 Ltd admit they will scrap all current long distance trains to Euston in £8.3bn rail cut. After years of speculation, HS2 Ltd technical Director Andrew McNaughton has finally admitted that towns and cities in the...