All HS2 articles – Page 5
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NewsPM scraps HS2 West Midlands to Manchester leg
Savings to be spent on ‘hundreds’ of smaller projects, while Euston link to go ahead under new management
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NewsConservative Party conference: UK takes ‘ridiculous’ amount of time to get spades in the ground on major infrastructure, says chancellor
Jeremy Hunt hit out at inefficiency’s in major project delivery and re-iterated no formal decision had been made on HS2
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NewsPrivate firms including Arup and Siemens leading Andy Street’s coalition to save HS2, mayor says
Mace and Arcadis also backing proposal as West Midlands leader floats idea of phase 2 to Manchester being bankrolled by overseas wealth funds
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NewsConservative Party conference: axe looms over HS2, ministers side-step awkward questions and business leaders despair
As row over country’s biggest infrastructure project escalates, Daniel Gayne reports on a downbeat mood in Manchester
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NewsSunak weighing up funding Manchester underground station to bring Burnham on side
Prime minister wants win over Manchester mayor amid backlash against expected HS2 cuts
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NewsJohnson attacks plans to pare back HS2 as Armitt likens mooted cutbacks to ‘running away’
Mixed messages damaging country’s reputation, National Infrastructure Commission boss adds
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NewsPM and chancellor under pressure from regional leaders to drop HS2 cut plans
Proposals to turn scheme into Birmingham-West London shuttle could save £34bn
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NewsLabour refuse to confirm HS2 support as Sunak sharpens axe
Prime minister’s ‘mind made up’ on Euston and northern phase
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NewsJV to pay troubled Buckingham’s subcontractors on £120m HS2 contract
Work stopped on earthworks job after contractor stoppped trading
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NewsBuckingham ceases trading and seeks sale blaming ‘escalating losses’ on stadium jobs
Contractor filed notice of intention to appoint administrators on Wednesday
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NewsHS2 Supreme Court land ruling to have ‘far reaching consequences’ for future infrastructure schemes
Supreme Court decided hope value of four sites on route should be considered together, not separately
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NewsHS2 currently ‘unachievable’ says IPA after difficult year for rail scheme
Scheme among eight major construction projects given ‘red’ rating by infrastructure advisor
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NewsGovernment launches study into running HS2 trains to Leeds
Announcement comes in DfT response to critical transport committee report
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NewsMPs say mothballing HS2 Euston won’t save money and accuse government of ‘not knowing what it wants’ for station
Public Accounts Committee adds that original costings were unrealistic
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NewsSkanska to redeploy staff to other jobs as HS2 Euston work winds down
Firm had been working on existing station as part of scheme to build new route’s terminus next door
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NewsHS2 begins assembling UK’s first offsite viaduct as cost of delays revealed
Phasing delays estimated to cost taxpayer £366m
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NewsNew Arcadis boss latest to query ‘baffling’ HS2 Euston decision
Central London scheme has seen more than 1,000 people leave project since it was mothballed earlier this year