Transport committee chair slams Grayling amid HS2 delay reports

By Jordan Marshall2018-09-05T06:00:00

Transport secretary in firing line again

The chair of the transport select committee has slammed transport secretary Chris Grayling amid reports HS2 is facing a 12 month delay.

Labour MP Lilian Greenwood said if the reports were true it was “poor start to the new parliamentary year for the transport secretary”.

Concerns about the £56bn project’s timeline have arisen following a report from The Times which said the government was preparing to delay the bill by 12 months.

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