New Transport Secretary: Louise Haigh Sir Kier Starmer has made Louise Haigh the new Secretary of State for Transport. Ms Haigh is the MP...
UKIP put cancelling HS2 as a central plank of Manifesto UKIP have today launched their manifesto, with scrapping HS2 being a central plank of it. Part of the reason...
Manifesto Watch: Labour We’re still waiting for the main manifesto from the big thee political parties, but last week the Labour party...
Ed Balls statement puts Labour commitment to HS2 under threat. Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls MP, a long-time critic of HS2 has again raised the question of whether or not...
Stop HS2 submission to the Transport Select Committee This is the Stop HS2 submission to the Transport Select Committee. Only people and organisations supportive of HS2 were...
“More & more MPs are beginning to think HS2 is a white elephant” This is from last month when the Public Accounts Committee released their report into HS2. Since the reshuffle...
Mandelson: HS2’s ‘sheer cost will suck the very lifeblood’ out of the rail system Peter Mandelson’s speech in the House of Lords on Thursday 24th October. From Hansard. 24 Oct 2013 :...
Penny Gaines’ evidence to the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill This is Penny Gaines’ personal evidence to the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill: it is published on the Committee’s...
Call for written evidence: High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill This was sent to Stop HS2 by scrutiny@parliament.uk (Website www.parliament.uk/scrutiny), and we think many of our readers would...