Christian Wolmar: Is it worth it? Labour should think long and hard about the spiralling cost and dubious benefits of HS2
HS2 seems to be moving inexorably forward with the letting this week of several initial contracts to the…
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Conor McGinn: The north’s rail network is stuck on dial-up in a broadband age
The last few weeks have shown how difficult and contentious it can be for governments to make decisions…
Lord Adonis takes on HS2 director role
Labour peer Andrew Adonis has been appointed by the Government to help oversee the building of the High…
Creagh reaffirms Labour support for HS2
Mary Creagh, the Shadow Transport Secretary, has reaffirmed Labour’s commitment to High Speed Rail 2 ahead of a vote…
Boris is right: we need a Minister for Infrastructure
Boris Johnson’s latest gambit on the road to Number 10, if the London Evening Standard is to be…
HS2 and Trident should not be grand projects when there is a grand housing crisis
“Follow the money”, they say in detective stories. Apply your inner Sherlock to the government’s grand projects in…
How much longer will we have to wait before the government gets HS2 back on track?
Last week’s report from Sir David Higgins is a substantial, thoughtful and thorough analysis of how the benefits…
Labour’s HS2 divisions rise to the surface again, as Burnham suggests he could rebel…
Update: A spokesperson for Ed Miliband contacts us to say: “Andy Burnham supports Labour’s collective position supporting HS2. He…
High Speed Two and the Cost-Benefit Blues
High Speed Two continues to dominate the news agenda, but now that MPs have voted to releasing the…
The Labour Party cannot – and will not – give the Government a blank cheque for HS2
David Cameron is apparently confused about what job he’s doing. On Friday he seemed to say it was…
