Jon Thompson to become new chair of HS2 Sir Jon Thompson is set to step down as chief executive of the UK audit watchdog to become the new chair of…
Pruning HS2 cuts short-term costs but loses… There is only so long that you can prune the branches of a major infrastructure project. Now the government is –…
HS2 protests set to cost high-speed UK rail line… Protests against the new HS2 high-speed railway line have cost the government £122mn so far and are expected…
Head of UK audit regulator in frame to chair HS2 The head of the UK accounting regulator is a contender to become chair of the High Speed 2 rail project,…
HS2 dig finds ancient road and 2,000-year-old… Archaeologists working on HS2 have shed light on how an Iron Age village in Northamptonshire was transformed into a…
Unite demands clear targets for use of UK steel… The Unite union is demanding the government sets clear targets for the use of UK-produced steel in the HS2 rail…
Boris Johnson will U-turn on scaling back HS2,… George Osborne, the former UK chancellor, has predicted that Boris Johnson will U-turn on his decision to…
HS2: slow train to Bradford wrecks the economic… Easy transport breeds easy money. Look at booming railway towns in 19th-century England or merchants plying…
DfT says rail benefits to come 10 years early… Faster train journeys will be delivered up to 10 years sooner than planned, the government has insisted amid anger…
Boris Johnson faces backlash for watering down… Boris Johnson is facing uproar from civic leaders and Tory MPs in northern England and co-ordinated media…