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HS2 boss resigns amid major delays and cost pressures
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HS2 Ltd’s chief executive has announced his resignation amid major delays and cost pressures for the high-speed railway project.
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Government must set out expectations for ‘floundering’ HS2 Euston project, MPs told
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Pausing HS2 work at Euston shows the Government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the station despite more than eight years of planning, MPs warned.
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“Total lack of interest” from the private sector a “flashing red beacon” against HS2, says MP
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Future Government-backed infrastructure projects must pass a sniff test with businesses to prevent another “financial catastrophe” like HS2, ministers have heard.
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Bringing HS2 to Euston will need ‘compromise’ says minister
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Extending HS2 to Euston will involve “careful prioritisation of requirements” and “compromise”, the rail minister has warned.
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Transport Secretary admits HS2 delay will not save money
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Transport Secretary Mark Harper has accepted delays to HS2 will not save money, but told MPs the Government had to make “sensible decisions” due to having annual budgets.
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Euston HS2 delays will mean extra costs, warns watchdog
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Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs and potentially even higher spending, the National Audit Office has warned ministers.
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Leaked document ‘blows apart’ claim HS2 delay will save money, says Labour
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A leaked document “blows apart” the Transport Secretary’s claims that extending HS2’s timetable will save money, Labour has said.
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Government will delay Birmingham to Crewe leg of HS2 by two years
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Delays to some sections of HS2 to save money will shortly be announced by the Government, it has been reported.
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HS2 delay being considered to curb rising costs
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The HS2 rail project could be delayed among a number of potential options being considered to curb rising costs, the project’s boss has said.
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Chancellor denies claims HS2 will not run to central London
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The Government refused to confirm HS2 will reach its central London terminus at Euston amid reports the planned new station may be delayed or scrapped because of rising costs.
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