Last week, we reported about the ‘amazement’ of MPs on the Public Accounts committee, as HS2 Ltd came up with £9bn of HS2 savings to wipe out a £9bn overrun. Here’s a video of the highlights of that hearing.
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Public Accounts Committee Hearing on HS2 Monday, 4pm
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HS1: 100 years to break even?
The first interim appraisal report of HS1, the high speed link from London via Kent to the...
HS2 back at the Public Accounts Committee
Yesterday, HS2 Ltd were back in front of the Public Accounts Committee, who wanted to see them following a...
The Prime Minister versus Stop HS2
Yesterday, David Cameron tweeted
The fightback on #HS2 begins today with the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, highlighting the huge...
Public Accounts Committee – Press Release on HS2 report
Committee of Public Accounts
High Speed 2: A review of early programme preparation
The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of...
Highlights from the Public Accounts Committee
Following getting a complete kicking from the Public Accounts Committee in 2012, HS2 Ltd went back to get another...
The chairman doth protest too much, methinks
In an article in the Daily Telegraph, assistant editor Jeremy Warner makes a fairly blunt assessment of...
From the Public Accounts Committee session
The uncorrected transcript of the entire session can be read here. The Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd...
Public Accounts Committee to grill HS2 Ltd and DfT
This afternoon, the Public Accounts Committee are holding an evidence session into HS2. This follows on from the damning...