Some oral answers on HS2
Yesterday, during Transport Question, HS2 and high speed rail came up several times. Here are some of the things...
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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...
Should Scottish taxpayers be paying towards HS2?
Video by Anas Hassan. “It looks unlikely that the UK Government’s new High Speed Railway Project, HS2, will be coming to Scotland any time soon.”
In the aftermath of Scotland voting to stay within the United Kingdom, Anas explains why Scottish taxpayers should not have to contribute a single penny towards a railway which won’t even benefit the Scottish economy and, in fact, could damage it.
Scottish report delays
Speaking in Glasgow yesterday, Keith Brown MSP, revealed that yet another report into HS2 is taking its time for...
Rail Cuts Surely Leave HS2 in Danger of Derailment
This was originally published in the Huffington Post:
The rationale for the Conservative Government continuing to push through HS2, the...
Desperation from Government as Adonis appointed to HS2 Ltd board.
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...
Reasons to be cheerful following election
This was originally published in the Bucks Herald:
The politics of HS2 is far from certain. It would be...
