This week, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood stoked up the argument about Wales being short-changed by HS2 at First Minister’s Questions in the Senedd. The answer she got was simply wrong, as explained by Eurfyl ap Gwilym in this article
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Welsh row could see official HS2 cost rise to £66.3bn
A fortnight ago, Stop HS2 reported that the official cost of HS2 had jumped to £63.1bn following...
Barnett inconsistency adds another £7.4bn to HS2 bill
One of the documents accompanying the Autumn Statement is a Treasury document containing a statement on funding...
Forget EVEL, HS2 is supposedly a ‘UK-Wide’ project.
Following the vote yesterday in Westminster for ‘English Vote for English Laws’, there has been a lot of talk...
Why Scotland won’t get Barnett money from HS2.
A couple of weeks ago, when it was revealed that HS2 Ltd have concluded there is no business case...
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...
Plaid Cymru set out HS2 £4bn stall for General Election
Today, Jonathan Edwards MP has launched a campaign calling for fairness for Wales, demanding that Wales should receive £2-4bn...
Some recent news items
The Guardian: HS2 safeguarding directions legally flawed, high court told
Project opponents say transport secretary’s directions, intended to stop work...
Barnett costs mean billions more will have to go on the HS2 bill.
Following the discovery last week that HS2 Ltd had decided to keep the estimated running costs of the project...
The MPs who voted against the Paving Bill
If your MP voted against the Paving Bill, please write and thank them.
The vote was 350 in favour, and...