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22 Sep 21
Risks remain over whether the High Speed 2 rail line can be finished within its revised £98bn budget, according to MPs.
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18 May 20
The HS2 high-speed rail project has gone “badly off course” and the government needs regular, accurate and open updates on the problems the project is facing, according to a report from the Public...
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16 Apr 20
The UK government has given the green light for construction work to take place on HS2 during the coronavirus lockdown.
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11 Feb 20
Boris Johnson has given the green light for the controversial HS2 rail project to go ahead despite admitting that costs have “exploded”.
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30 Jan 20
Chancellor Sajid Javid has thrown his weight behind HS2 in a major boost for the rail project, it has been reported.
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23 Jan 20
Delays and cost increases to the HS2 rail line are a result of the government underestimating the “complexity and risk” of the project, a damning watchdog report has said.
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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.
22 Sep 21Risks remain over whether the High Speed 2 rail line can be finished within its revised £98bn budget, according to MPs.
18 May 20The HS2 high-speed rail project has gone “badly off course” and the government needs regular, accurate and open updates on the problems the project is facing, according to a report from the Public...
11 Feb 20Boris Johnson has given the green light for the controversial HS2 rail project to go ahead despite admitting that costs have “exploded”.
30 Jan 20Chancellor Sajid Javid has thrown his weight behind HS2 in a major boost for the rail project, it has been reported.
23 Jan 20Delays and cost increases to the HS2 rail line are a result of the government underestimating the “complexity and risk” of the project, a damning watchdog report has said.
30 Nov 15The High Speed 2 rail route linking the West Midlands to Crewe will open in 2027, six years earlier than planned.
