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When the National Audit Office reported on HS2

Last month, it was revealed that the National Audit Office is conducting a third report on HS2, which for a project at this stage is completely unprecedented. Here’s a reminder of some of what came out of their report three years ago in May 2013.

 

 

‘No point’ in HS2

Jonathan Portes, an economist with the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and an advisor to the Shadow Chancellor, says most economists would say HS2 is not the best use of £50bn and “there’s no point in spending money on White Elephants”.

HS2 are unwelcomed to Camden

For reasons best known to themselves, as soon as petitioning in the House of Commons finished, HS2 Ltd decided it had become ‘important’ that people in Camden have accurate information about their project.

We can only guess that someone at HS2 Ltd is a fan of ‘Crashing’, a sitcom about people squatting in a derelict hospital, as they decided to open up a ‘drop in centre’ in the former National Temperance Hospital, which they will demolish in a couple of years.

As you might imagine, this has not gone down well. Here’s a snapshot of what happened on the day:

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