‘More spin and more debt’ is the clear message from new HS2 Chair.
On what was surely had been orchestrated to be a set piece ‘good news’ day for HS2 as part...
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HS2 Ltd blow £302m on contractors, splurging £170m in just 10 months.
A study, undertaken by the Tax Payers Alliance, of payments from HS2 Ltd made to external agencies...
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust: HS2 “a disaster for the environment”
The second phase of the HS2 high-speed rail line will destroy at least one nature reserve, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has claimed. The charity said the line would dissect Water Haigh Woodland Park, near Leeds, and it would also seriously impact on Woodhouse Washlands, near Sheffield.
HS2 Ltd ‘lose’ 877 pages of consultation documents, but deadline still stands.
A total of 877 pages of information affecting the constituencies of 17 MPs has been omitted from digital versions...
HS2 Lead spokesman – Timescale for consultation ‘wholly unfair’
If you didn’t need to know that the current consultation on the Phase 1 Environmental Statement is unfair, here it is from Ben Ruse, the HS2 lead spokesman.
Oak Tree Lament by Dirty Mavis
Chilterns band Dirty Mavis performing Oak Tree Lament in some of the areas threatened by the construction of HS2,...
Transport Committee tell DfT to ‘spin harder’ on HS2, as report provides a ‘cheerleading whitewash’.
Following the increasing political rhetoric concerning HS2, the Transport Committee have ignored their previous concerns about HS2 to deliver...
Has the Government taken the first step toward burying a critical HS2 report?
A Freedom of Information Tribunal concerning the release of documents critical of the HS2 project, which was due to...
Ministers bid to use ‘war veto’ to keep HS2 documents secret.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin along with Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude have written to David Cameron to demand that...
Live updates from the Gagging Law Lobby Day
Today, Campaigners from a whole host of organisations, included Stop HS2 are descending on Parliament to campaign for their...