Landowners to Feel the Brunt of HS2 Incompetence Again, as CPO Extension Refused
Landowners are set to get screwed over by HS2 at a lightning pace, at least in the short-term, following...
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Lords ask about HS2 Ltd’s unauthorised redundancy payments
Both Lord Truscott and Lord Berkeley have asked questions about the unauthorised redundancy payments made by HS2 Ltd: they...
He came forth and saw a great multitude, part 2
Originally published here on Peter’s blog, with the first part reproduced here: (… continued from He came forth and...
£0 valuation leads Mayor to call HS2 compensation ‘miserly’
Earlier this week, the Evening Standard reported that a house in London had been given a £0 valuation in a...
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 policy regarding...
Spending Review 2015
It’s the day of the Chancellor’s Spending Review. The Spending Review is intended to give a longer term view...
Official HS2 costs have gone up, but who knows where to.
Documents seen by the Independent on Sunday have confirmed an increase in the cost of Phase 1 of HS2....
Filling a £50bn black hole
According to the Telegraph, George Osborne will be forced to admit to a £50 billion black hole in his Autumn Statement...
HS2 staff – the sky’s the limit
In a recent interview with Civil Servant World, Alison Munro told them that HS2 Ltd needs to be given...