HS2 Construction is Two Years Late, No Matter What HS2 Ltd Say.
Residents along the route of HS2 have been told that major construction is now only planned to commence in...
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More Room at the Top of HS2
It what seems to becoming a mass exodus from the top echelons of HS2 Ltd, David Prout the HS2...
HS2 Ltd at the Public Accounts Committee – Again
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.
MPs ‘amazement’ as £9bn of HS2 savings ‘pop up’ to wipe out a £9bn overrun.
HS2 Ltd have appeared in front of the Public Accounts Committee following the publication in June of the latest...
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...
From the Public Accounts Committee session
The uncorrected transcript of the entire session can be read here. The Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd...
News items about HS2
The Star: High speed rail route announcement through South Yorkshire delayed
THE long-awaited announcement on the proposed high speed...
West Coast Mainline & HS2 – the truth will out, albeit slowly.
Yesterday, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouhglin and chief DfT civil servant Philip Rutnam appeared before the Transport Select Committee, trying...
How reliable is the Department for Transport?
A preliminary report by Sam Laidlaw published on 29th October into the Department for Transport’s handling of the bidding...
Public Accounts Committee said Franchising Civil Servant’s HS2 thinking was ‘Bonkers’ & ‘Shocking’.
According to the DfT business plan, Steve Gooding the civil servant in charge of HS2 for the...