DfT Admit They Don’t Know How Much Has Been Spent on HS2 Property, as Lawsuit Looms

The Department for Transport has stated that it does not hold any record of how much has been spent...

House of Lords questions on CH2M

On Wednesday 5th April, Baroness Randerson brought up the issue of CH2M and the HS2 tendering process. Here is...

The Road Amendment issue

One of the issues discussed at length on last week’s Grand Committee stage was the amendment proposed by the...

Camden raises concerns re community engagement

The Leader of Camden Council has written to the Secretary of State for Transport last week to express her...

From the Archives: Rail upgrades, with a hint of lies, incompetence, bribery and blackmail.

This was originally published June 2012, its interesting to see how things have changed since. On Monday ,...

Two former Chancellors link Network Rail cuts to HS2 spending

In the last week, both Lord (Nigel) Lawson and Alistair Darling, two former Chancellors of the Exchequer have reiterated their opposition to HS2, suggesting the cuts to Network Rail projects are as a direct result of spending on HS2.

What Alistair Darling warned would happen two years ago. I believe the correct phrase now would be “I told you so!”.

We’ve not only put together those clips, but added some from when the pair first came out against HS2.

Besides holding the post of Chancellor, Darling had previously been Secretary of State for Transport, and as such he warned back then that if so much money went on HS2, there wouldn’t be the money for the rest of the rail network.

These words from almost two years ago now seem extremely prophetic, given the recent ‘pausing’ of Network Rail projects.