DfT come clean and admit HS2 construction hasn’t started, whilst HS2 Ltd prove all they can do is lie.
One of the standard tropes currently being used by supporters of HS2 at the moment is to pretend that...
Tag: White Elephant
41 Town and Parish Councils Call for Immediate Halt to HS2 Work
Since this article was published, the total has risen to 48. Also, a petition has been published on the...
After Dispatches – Where Are We Now With HS2?
Well, what a week it has been!
This time last week, when we were all looking forward to the upcoming...
Former Transport Minister Calls on Grayling to Scrap “Budget Busting HS2”
Three former Government Ministers have heaped pressure on the under-fire HS2 project in the House of Commons today (14th...
HS2 Property Cost Forecast at Five Times the Original Estimate, FOI Shows
A Freedom of Information Response from HS2 Ltd forecasts that the final total for the cost of land and...
DfT Admit They Don’t Know How Much Has Been Spent on HS2 Property, as Lawsuit Looms
The Department for Transport has stated that it does not hold any record of how much has been spent...
An Ivory Tower for a White Elephant. How Incompetent were HS2 Ltd to not see this Coming?
Whilst there have been many tales of the profligacy and waste at HS2 Ltd, especially those that focus on...
85% of the Public Say Spend HS2 Money on Rest of Rail Network
Earlier this month, Conservative MP Bill cash claimed that “Half of the cabinet want to chuck HS2”, which still...
Brexit the Only ‘Possible Justification’ for Continuing with ‘Failed’ & ‘Flawed’ HS2 says Secret Government Report.
A Post-Brexit Keynesian stimulus to the economy has been cited as the only possible justification for continuing with HS2,...
Secret Government Report says “Fundamentally Flawed” HS2 Could go 60% Over-Budget.
A secret report produced by the Governments’ Infrastructure and Projects Authority months before HS2 got its’ final approval in...