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...
Tag: Treasury
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...
£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...
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...
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...
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...
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...