The Conservatives wasted billions of pounds on HS2 through poor management, badly negotiated contracts and constant design changes, the transport secretary will say on Wednesday. Heidi Alexander will ...
06.17.2025 Theguardian.com and 9 sitesHS2 is set to be delayed for another two years as a damning report reveals that costs for the project have increased by £37 billion. On Wednesday Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is due to announce...
06.18.2025 Dailymail.co.uk and 4 sitesThe opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the planned date of 2033, the Government will confirm. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to tell Parliament on Wednesday afternoon there is “no ...
06.17.2025 dailymail.co.uk , standard.co.uk and 316 sitesTransport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons there is “no route” to meet the target date of having HS2 services running by 2033. The project has suffered repeated delays and soaring costs desp...
06.18.2025 standard.co.uk , huffingtonpost.co.uk and 150 sitesThe opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the target date of 2033, the BBC understands. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to tell Parliament on Wednesday that there is 'no reasonable way to deliver' the railway line on schedule and within budget - but is not expected to say how long the delay will be. She is set to outline the findings of two reviews into HS2, one of which a 'litany of failure' has been blamed for ballooning costs. It is the latest setback for the high-speed rail p...
06.17.2025 Yahoo.com and 5 sitesThe disastrous HS2 scheme was delayed again yesterday, as a scathing report identified a 'litany' of failures and the rail line was labelled a '£100 billion white elephant'. Transport Secretary Heidi ...
06.18.2025 Dailymail.co.uk and 1 sitesAda Nicodemou left jaws on the floor over the weekend as she made a rare red carpet appearance in one of her most daring looks yet. The Home and Away favourite, 47, turned heads as she arrived at the ...
06.17.2025 Dailymail.co.ukSarah Roberts packed on the PDA with her new beau Jake Iesu on Friday as the happy couple attended an art show in Sydney . The pair were very loved up as they perused the displays during their date ni...
06.18.2025 Dailymail.co.ukYear by year, the tale of HS2 grows more wretched. The latest report on the fiasco, by James Stewart, former chief executive of Crossrail, depicts contractors behaving like a gang that tarmacs drivewa...
06.19.2025 Dailymail.co.ukWhen was it obvious that HS2 was an economic turkey at risk of becoming “an appalling mess” , as transport secretary Heidi Alexander described today’s position? A fair case can be made for 2013, a year of two neon-lit warnings of trouble ahead. One w...
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