More jobs for the boys as Mark Thurston joins HS2 Ltd as new CEO
HS2 Ltd have just appointed a new CEO. With the usual spin you come to expect from HS2 Ltd,...
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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 ,...
MPs to debate referendum on HS2. With text to send to your MP today
Sample text to send to your MP today appears at the bottom.
On Friday (23rd January), MPs will debate a...
MPA have 75 unanswered questions on HS2, as Higgins hints at more delays.
The Major Projects Authority , who have previously rated the HS2 project as ‘amber-red’, have 75 ‘complex questions’ which...
HS2 back at the Public Accounts Committee
Yesterday, HS2 Ltd were back in front of the Public Accounts Committee, who wanted to see them following a...
Over budget HS2 contractors “running their own gravy train”, with average 86% overspend.
Whilst the budget for professional services contracts on Phase 1 of HS2 was originally set at £101m, the total...
Higgins set to deliver more false promises with HS2 report on Monday.
On Monday, Sir David Higgins is due to launch a report into HS2 called ‘HS2 Plus’, which is intended...
‘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...
All of the companies working on HS2 design are already over budget, by a total of £11m.
Building Magazine has uncovered that every company awarded contracts under Lot 1 of the HS2 Professional Services...
From the Public Accounts Committee session
The uncorrected transcript of the entire session can be read here. The Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd...