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Sir Jon Thompson said this is despite there being ‘no evidence that high-speed trains interfere with bats’.

THE Labour Government will pay its “value for money” tsar – who previously oversaw HS2 spending – £950 a day ...

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has given the strongest signal yet that high speed trains will go to Euston rather than stopping at Old Oak Common in west London

The final irony of the HS2 fiasco would be the next blueprint for the station looking like the one rejected as unaffordable in 2020

Transport secretary Louise Haigh agrees five-point plan to tackle overcrowding and confusion at terminus with ‘zombie’ HS2 building site

Ministers must decide on the 4.5-mile route within four months, sources say

This was supposed to be Labour’s victory parade. The first party conference in government since 2009, when cabinet minister after cabinet minister would be taking curtain calls in front of adoring delegates and party members. Instead, an air of tetchiness has descended on Liverpool.

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Great Western Railway planning festive switch of London terminals when construction work at Old Oak Common temporarily closes rail lines