HS2: its time to think again

Notes from Tuesday’s fringe – HS2: its time to think again This well attended fringe had on the panel John...

Stop HS2 launch new briefing paper at Conservative Conference.

Stop HS2 have launched a new briefing paper at a fringe meeting at Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. The...

HS2 Chief Exec jumps ship

£750,000 pa Simon Kirby, the UK’s highest paid civil servant, quits the HS2 White Elephant for Rolls Royce. Stop HS2’s Joe Rukin interviewed by John Gaunt on Talk2Me Radio, 13th September 2016.

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HS2 report is ‘Stating the bleeding obvious’, but will anyone listen?

Today, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has published another report on HS2. Like many previous...

HS2 Ltd CEO Simon Kirby to quit.

Simon Kirby, the highest paid civil servant in the country is to quit as Chief Executive at HS2 Ltd...

From the Archives: Joe visits Ed Miliband’s office on Great White Elephant Hunt

In light of Ed Miliband’s current views of HS2, we thought we’d show what happened on the Stop HS2 Great White Elephant hunt in 2011.

Joe Rukin hunts the Great White Elephant, trying out the constituency offices of Nick Clegg in Sheffield and Ed Milliband in Doncaster. Joe & Ellie also visit Rotherham, Barnsley and Wakefield.

Joe talks to staff at Ed Miliband’s office, where he can explain some of the issues with HS2 and why it won’t help local transport problems. “They were receptive, they were looking forward to seeing us.”