Something just doesn’t smell right with HS2 contracts. Is it Gravy?
Just like ‘fast train for fat cats’, one of the soundbites we’ve kept using again and again over the...
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Former Treasury Chief Says HS2 is “Not Value for Money”
Lord MacPherson, the former civil servant who ran the Treasury for eleven years until last year, has come out...
HS2: its time to think again
Notes from Tuesday’s fringe – HS2: its time to think again
This well attended fringe had on the panel John...
HS2 – what happens when the money starts to run out?
Originally posted on 51M.
Looking back on the latest Public Accounts Committee hearing into HS2 it is reasonable to...
Stop wasting taxpayers’ money on #HS2 says TPA
Stop wasting taxpayers’ money on HS2 says TPA
Chris Halpin reports for ITV Central News, 29th July 2016
Think Tank calls on government to scrap HS2
In the latest blow to HS2, a new report from the TaxPayers’ Alliance calls on the Government to scrap...
Some recent news items
The Independent: Network Rail embroiled in conflict of interest row over its new ‘special director’
The Independent: Experts surprised at...
The jobs promises of HS2 aren’t working
On Tuesday 13th January, Sir David Higgins told the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee that HS2 Ltd are...
Some Recent News Items
Telegraph: Officials in charge of HS2 have already spent £300m
The full extent of a multimillion-pound spending spree embarked upon...
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...