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20 Jan 20
The cost of the HS2 high-speed rail project could increase to £106bn, a leaked government report has said.
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6 Jan 20
The cost of HS2 is “out of control” and parliament has been misled over the real price, which could exceed £100bn, a former deputy chair of a review on the rail project has warned.
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3 Sep 19
HS2 could cost as much as £88bn and faces a seven-year delay, transport secretary Grant Shapps told parliament in a statement today.
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21 Aug 19
The future of the high-speed HS2 rail project is to be determined by the findings of an independent review expected by the end of the year.
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18 Dec 17
High Speed Rail 2’s £1.76m of unauthorised redundancy payments could have been avoided with tighter financial control, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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26 Oct 17
High Speed Rail 2’s chief financial officer has resigned after a report raised questions of unapproved redundancy payouts.
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19 Jul 17
HS2 Ltd ignored orders from the Department for Transport and wasted £1.76m of public money on an excessively generous redundancy scheme, auditors have found.
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17 Jul 17
The government has announced the winners of the £6.6m worth of construction contracts for the first phase of High Speed Rail 2 today.
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12 Oct 16
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has recommitted the government to construction of the High Speed 2 rail line, saying that the project is needed now more than ever.
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14 Sep 16
The government must set out a realistic timetable for delivering the High Speed 2 rail project and clarify important details regarding its second phase, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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1 Sep 16
The chief executive of the High Speed 2 rail project has announced he is to leave to take up the post of chief operating officer at Rolls Royce.
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29 Jul 16
The High Speed 2 rail project is an “expensive vanity project” that is unlikely to be delivered on time and on budget and should be scrapped, the Taxpayers' Alliance has said today.
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28 Jun 16
The National Audit Office has cast doubt on whether the High Speed 2 rail link can be delivered on time and to budget and has called on the Department for Transport to ensure the project is given an...
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26 Feb 16
The government’s plans for the High Speed 2 rail link are already changing Britain by complementing devolution initiatives to help rebalance the economy away from London, project chief Sir David...
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30 Nov 15
The High Speed 2 rail route linking the West Midlands to Crewe will open in 2027, six years earlier than planned.
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9 Sep 15
Plans to build 11 new platforms at Euston station as part of the High Speed 2 scheme have been set out by the project developers as part of a regeneration of the site.
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17 Jul 15
Steve Allen, the current managing director of finance at Transport for London, has been appointed the chief financial officer of the project to build the new High Speed 2 rail link.
20 Jan 20The cost of the HS2 high-speed rail project could increase to £106bn, a leaked government report has said.
6 Jan 20The cost of HS2 is “out of control” and parliament has been misled over the real price, which could exceed £100bn, a former deputy chair of a review on the rail project has warned.
17 Jul 17The government has announced the winners of the £6.6m worth of construction contracts for the first phase of High Speed Rail 2 today.
30 Nov 15The High Speed 2 rail route linking the West Midlands to Crewe will open in 2027, six years earlier than planned.
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