From the Archives: Joe visits Ed Miliband’s office on Great White Elephant Hunt

In light of Ed Miliband’s current views of HS2, we thought we’d show what happened on the Stop HS2 Great White Elephant hunt in 2011.

Joe Rukin hunts the Great White Elephant, trying out the constituency offices of Nick Clegg in Sheffield and Ed Milliband in Doncaster. Joe & Ellie also visit Rotherham, Barnsley and Wakefield.

Joe talks to staff at Ed Miliband’s office, where he can explain some of the issues with HS2 and why it won’t help local transport problems. “They were receptive, they were looking forward to seeing us.”

Stop wasting taxpayers’ money on #HS2 says TPA

Stop wasting taxpayers’ money on HS2 says TPA

Chris Halpin reports for ITV Central News, 29th July 2016

Someone they should really listen to

This week, Auditor General Amyas Morse said the Government should ‘decide what is essential and what is not’ in their current portfolio of major projects. Whilst he wouldn’t be drawn on which projects should get the boot, it was telling that the only project he mentioned twice in his speech was HS2. Here’s the highlights of what he said.

HS2 Ltd at the Public Accounts Committee – Again

Last week, we reported about the ‘amazement’ of MPs on the Public Accounts committee, as HS2 Ltd came up with £9bn of HS2 savings to wipe out a £9bn overrun. Here’s a video of the highlights of that hearing.

As Grayling gets Transport, Higgins defends HS2 costs.

BBC Coverage on developments this week

The HS2 NAO report – The only ‘other’ news story on Thursday

This week, if you’ve been living in a cave and failed to spot it, the political fallout following Brexit has dominated the news. In fact ‘dominated’ is rather an understatement, as whilst there has been sport and weather, most days there hasn’t been any other news reported at all by most broadcasters.

However, on the 1pm news on Thursday there was one other story that made it through, the latest National Audit Office report on HS2:

Mark King exhibition

Photographer Mark King talks to Broadcaster and Journalist Carla Delaney about his work called ‘Intervention’ featured at the Buckinghamshire Open Studios at Marlow Place in Marlow. It has attracted strong media attention as he has used lasers to depict the route through beautiful countryside which the controversial HS2 is planned to follow.

The work was on display as part of Bucks Open Studios and is on view on his website at markkingphotography.com

HS2: Overpriced and too fast for its’ own good

HS2 fails in most of its aims say independent transport experts

After a independent transport experts release a report that damns HS2, BBC Radio Manchester’s Sam Walker interviews Stop HS2’s Joe Rukin. From May 26th 2016.

HS2: “A £55bn vanity project that won’t boost the north”

After independent transport experts release a damning report on HS2, Jon Gaunt interviews Joe Rukin on Talk2MeRadio

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