Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway lineTen years ago, I walked the route of HS2, the 140-mile...
Read MoreReviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions, according to lobby groupManufacturers will press ministers today to resurrect plans for a high-speed rail line reaching Leeds and...
Read MoreTotal overspend on high-speed rail could be as much as 100%, Mark Wild, who runs the project, told MPsHS2 construction contracts priced at £19.5bn have already cost £26bn despite being “just over halfway...
Read MoreAs the government announces a further delay, here are key moments in the troubled project’s history so farHS2 delayed beyond 2033 as minister attacks ‘appalling mess’Business live – latest updatesUnder...
Read MoreHeidi Alexander says billions wasted in ‘litany of failure’ amid speculation cost will now exceed £100bnTimeline: 16 years of high hopes and bruising realityBusiness live – latest updatesThe high-speed...
Read MoreTransport secretary will also accuse Conservatives of wasting billions on project with poor managementBusiness live – latest updatesHS2 is to be delayed yet again by at least a further two years, the government will...
Read MoreExclusive: Heidi Alexander to reveal overspends due to poor management, badly negotiated contracts and design changesThe Conservatives wasted billions of pounds on HS2 through poor management, badly negotiated contracts and...
Read MoreSteve Reed says plans for 1km curved structure to protect bats from high-speed railway are ‘batshit crazy’A bat shelter costing more than £100m near HS2 has been described by the environment secretary as...
Read MoreMark Wild says ‘fundamental reset’ needed, as Department for Transport admits it has no final cost estimateEnormous budget overruns on the HS2 high-speed railway have been blamed by its new chief executive on a...
Read MoreProjected bill includes price of building HS2 station at Euston, with a budget of about £5bnThe bill for building the HS2 high-speed railway could pass £80bn at current prices, as estimated costs jumped by 15% since...
Read MoreTransport secretary says scale of failure is dire, with analysis of project unable to clarify if cost overrun is £10bn or £20bnMinisters are to oversee HS2 and have launched a review after the government was unable...
Read MoreExclusive: Business leaders seek support for scheme in budget as former chancellor calls it ‘good investment’The former Tory chancellor George Osborne has thrown his weight behind a proposal nicknamed “HS2...
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