After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, phase two of the long-awaited HS2 rail project appears to be under threat. The Independent has exclusively revealed that prime minister Rishi ...
The legal powers for the original section of HS2 between Handsacre in the West Midlands and Crewe in Cheshire are set to expire in February. Connor Naismith, the Labour MP for Crewe and Nantwich, said ...
This is the exact situation that opens Episode 3 of Landman Season 2, when a random crew of hunters, chasing their quarry ...
The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a “casebook example of how not to run a major project” and the ...
The UK government has announced an independent review, chaired by Douglas Oakervee, into whether and how to proceed with the High Speed 2 project (HS2). It is the culmination of long years of doubt ...
The recent High Court judgement in R (Packham) v Secretary of State for Transport revisits old arguments about the requirements for ‘promptness’ for judicial review claims. With the Government’s ...
The National Infrastructure Commission has now published its Rail Needs Assessment for the Midlands and the North. With the HS2 Phase 2a Bill nearing completion of its passage through Parliament, this ...
The £56B HS2 rail project is really happening: the £2.75B contract to build trains is about to be awarded, the first £250M supply chain contracts are in place, and compulsory purchase orders are ...
HS2’s Curzon Street terminus in Birmingham is expected to be put up for sale - Darren Staples/Bloomberg. HS2 is planning a ...
Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The damage done by HS2 in Greg Smith’s constituency - Matthew Walsh For years we have been asking “when? When will HS2 finally be completed?” But this misses the point. We ...
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Voices: Is HS2 still worth completing, or is it just a £66bn mistake? Join The Independent Debate
With the cost of Britain’s flagship high-speed rail project soaring past £66 billion and its opening delayed yet again – this time well beyond 2033 – serious questions are being raised about the ...
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