All HS2 articles
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NewsCost of HS2 tops £43bn as contractors brace for criticism over spiralling budget
Details of expected construction cost and opening timetable due by summer, government promises
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NewsSpeed of HS2 trains expected to be cut in order to save scheme money
Latest DfT report into project out this afternoon but will not give update on cost and schedule range which is now due by July
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NewsArchitect appointed to design 600-home redevelopment of housing blocks hit by HS2 disruption
Stirling Prize winner named as lead architect on regeneration of buildings neighbouring high speed line’s Euston site
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NewsSpending watchdog concerned HS2’s Euston terminus not classed as mega-project
Government recently announced changes to management of schemes worth more than £10bn
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NewsWork halted on HS2 London tunnels after ‘serious incident’ involving gantry crane
Two workers avoid injury after beam struck crane basket
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NewsHS2’s Euston terminus still at risk of poor decision-making, MPs tell Treasury
Government definition of ‘mega projects’ granted greater scrutiny excludes many strategic projects, Public Accounts Committee warns
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NewsIn pictures: HS2 lifts giant tunnelling machine out of ground after work completes
First part of 1,700 tonne TBM was extracted over weekend
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NewsHS2 has cost more than £40bn so far, DfT tells parliament
Six-monthly report sets out costs in nominal terms for first time after years of 2019 prices
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NewsHS2 tells contractors ‘unethical behaviour won’t be tolerated’ as Bam stops working with Danny Sullivan on several jobs
Labour supplier says recently completed review has seen any discrepancies over compliance of workers ‘immediately addressed’
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NewsGovernment wants firms to register interest in plans to build some health schemes using PPP
Companies have until end of this week to express interest in preliminary market testing exercise
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NewsBalfour Beatty severs ties with labour supplier Danny Sullivan Group
Contractor ‘terminating all agreements’ with firm after being ‘misinformed about provision of CIS workers instead of PAYE employees’
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NewsDecision on winner of last major building job on HS2 slips again
£480m Washwood Heath announcement now expected in early 2026 six years after project was first advertised
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NewsHS2 contracts rushed into while client needed to make more use of ‘negotiating levers’ such as retendering jobs, official review finds
Report by James Stewart adds much of inflation on jobs should be risk ‘retained by government’
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NewsConstruction industry ‘not in a fit state’ to deliver HS2, says official review author
James Stewart tells Building government needs to ‘proactively’ build capacity in the sector to avoid repeat of HS2 failures
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NewsHS2 to be delayed by at least two years with transport secretary set to highlight ‘litany of failure’ on project
Heidi Alexander due publish findings of two reviews on project today
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NewsHS2 reports subcontractor to HMRC over alleged tax fraud
Concerns first raised by whistleblowers earlier this year
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NewsHS2 launches investigation into firms supplying labour on West Midlands leg of railway
Probe follows allegations pay rates for workers have been overinflated
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FeaturesWhat the Lower Thames Crossing and Euston station projects say about the government’s private finance plans
The government has said it will fund the giant Euston station and Lower Thames Crossing schemes using private finance. With the Treasury mulling a broader injection of private capital into public projects, Joey Gardiner examines how ministers are going about it – and the prospects for success
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NewsCouncil signs off HS2 Curzon Street design changes after fire fears see timber roof ditched
Maintainence to keep wooden roof casettes fire safe would have been ’too onerous’ for HS2
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NewsGovernment’s top infrastructure advisor ‘never been convinced’ by HS2 governance structure
John Armitt will chair NIC until July as it moves towards merger with IPA