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Government ‘does not understand how HS2 will function as railway’

Parliament’s spending watchdog says cancellation of high-speed line’s northern leg raises ‘urgent questions’

The Guardian - UK

HS2 cost soars to £66.6bn, company chairman admits

The executive chair of HS2 Ltd said the cost has almost doubled from an initial estimate under Gordon Brown’s government that it would cost just £37.5bn

The Independent UK

Work on new HS2 station to begin early in 2024

HS2 Ltd executive chair Sir Jon Thompson said the transition towards installing railway systems will ‘edge us ever closer’ to completion

Evening Standard

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Landowners on axed HS2 route left ‘suicidal’, MPs told

Rail expert Trevor Parkin told the Commons’ Transport Select Committee that HS2 Ltd officials are ‘dragging their feet’.

Evening Standard

Next HS2 boss could be paid more than predecessor's £677,000

Sir Jon Thompson, executive chairman of HS2 Ltd, told the Public Accounts Committee the salary to be offered for the vacant role is being assessed

Evening Standard

Government disagrees with HS2 estimate showing ‘significant’ cost rise

HS2 Ltd calculated in September that building the line between London and the West Midlands would cost between £49 billion and £57 billion.

The Independent UK

Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival

Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be built

The Guardian - UK

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Key dates of the HS2 rail project

It has been controversial since plans for the rail line first emerged in 2009.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak strips HS2 bosses of responsibility for Euston

The Prime Minister said ‘there must be some accountability for the mistakes made’

Evening Standard

HS2 Timeline: How much has been spent and what happened?

HS2’s budget has ballooned, with costs reportedly breaching £100 billion

The Independent UK

Key dates of the HS2 rail project

HS2 has been a controversial project since plans emerged in 2009.

The Independent UK

HS2: a long and winding timeline of the troubled high-speed rail project

Since Labour announced plans for north-south high-speed rail network nearly 14 years ago, project has been beset by problems

The Guardian - UK

HS2 route mapped as northern leg to Manchester to be scrapped

Government axes plan for northern leg of much-delayed and over-budget high speed railway

The Independent UK

£600m of public money spent buying up property in north of England for HS2

Homes and land purchased to make way for line that now appears to be in doubt, as Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to it

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Evening Standard

HS2 boss resigns amid speculation of further cuts

HS2 Ltd boss Mark Thurston leaves his role on Friday

The Guardian - UK

‘We are a political project’: how HS2’s costs have spiralled out of control

Placating Conservatives in marginal seats, inflation in construction and a maze of bureaucracy have seen the cost balloon from £32bn to £71bn

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Hunt can’t play shocked at HS2’s cost overruns

Yes, the costs of the high-speed rail project are getting ‘totally out of control’ – but it’s hardly lacked political oversight

The Guardian - UK

Are HS2 bosses really ‘kids with the golden credit card’?

With reported alarm about salaries and spending, we look at what senior HS2 executives earn

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The Independent UK

Key dates of the HS2 rail project

Plans for HS2 emerged in 2009.

Evening Standard

HS2 will bury two Tunnel Boring Machines at Old Oak Common

The two boring machines will be blessed in a ceremony using a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnelling

The Independent UK

Diggers to be buried at HS2 station to await green light on Euston extension

The machines will be kept in an underground chamber at Old Oak Common, ready to start tunnelling should the central London leg get the go-ahead.

Evening Standard

Old Oak Common HS2 station awarded outstanding rating for environmental design

Old Oak Common, which is under construction, was given the highest possible rating under an international scheme

The Independent UK

HS2 station awarded outstanding rating for environmental design

Old Oak Common, which is under construction, was given the highest possible rating under an international scheme.

Birmingham Post

HS2 chief executive is stepping down as £61bn scheme moves to ‘defining period’

Phase One of the project between London and Birmingham is at peak construction

Manchester Evening News

HS2 boss quits following major delays for high-speed railway project

HS2 works in Euston have already ballooned to £4.8 billion despite an initial budget of £2.6 billion

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