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19 Nov 2021 Political parties

Grant Shapps Denies Rail Promises To The North Have Been Watered Down Despite Backlash

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has insisted that promises made over new rail connections in the north of England are "absolutely being fulfilled", despite scrapping new high speed lines.

18 Nov 2021 Economy

Dominic Raab Insists Watered Down Rail Plans Deliver "Best Bang For The Buck" To Taxpayers

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has defended plans to scrap the current plan for the HS2 rail link to Leeds, despite backlash from local leaders.

12 Oct 2021 Transport

It’s time to give the Midlands Rail Hub the green light

Transport infrastructure investment will deliver many benefits for communities which aren’t just economic – better transport brings improved social mobility, a cleaner environment and healthier people.

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20 Jul 2021 Transport

RIA’s HS2 Meet the Bidder supports over 100 supplier meetings

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11 May 2021 Transport

Rail Industry responds to Queen’s Speech; calls for HS2 to be delivered in full

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the UK rail supply community, has responded to the Queen’s Speech.

25 Mar 2021 Environment

The inevitability of HS2 does not mean it is a British success story

There are many arguments which have been presented against HS2: is cost, its damage to the environment, its inability to connect effectively to the rest of the transport network, and whether – in the light of Covid and changing work patterns – it is needed at all.

25 Mar 2021 Communities

Scrapping HS2’s eastern leg would be a betrayal of the communities there

Eastern leg regions are home to 23 per cent of England’s population but 42 per cent of its social deprivation cold spots: as we look beyond the pandemic, we must ensure HS2 in delivered in full to bring opportunities to left behind areas

29 Jan 2021 Communities

Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority

In 2021, we want to see the government deliver a step change in its promise to ‘level up’, putting the Midlands at the heart of a green recovery.

16 Nov 2020 Transport

If government is serious about levelling up, it must commit to building the Eastern Leg of HS2

Government must show its commitment to the long-term prosperity of this country. Building HS2’s Eastern Leg will deliver the rail network, jobs and regeneration the Midlands needs to rebound from Covid-19.

11 Nov 2020 Economy

If the Spending Review lacks ambition, we will miss a vital opportunity to level up the North

The brutal reality is that the North is on course for levelling down, not levelling up. Covid-19 must not become an excuse to delay the transformative investment needed to level up.

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27 Jul 2020 Environment

HS2’s catalogue of errors like a runaway train

HS2 Ltd. is continuing to fail the environment with a catalogue of errors growing longer all the time says the Woodland Trust.

20 May 2020 Coronavirus

On HS2, there has been a failure to manage costs and a complete lack of transparency

No responsible government should be willing to see such huge cost escalations and so little accountability.

17 May 2020 Coronavirus

HS2 is ‘badly off course’ and its bosses have been ‘blindsided by reality’, MPs warn

The controversial HS2 rail project is “badly off course” after its bosses were "blindsided by contact with reality”, according to a scathing report by MPs.

15 Apr 2020 Transport

Ministers give green light for work on HS2 to begin immediately despite coronavirus lockdown

Work on the HS2 project has been given the green light to start immediately despite the coronavirus lockdown.

15 Apr 2020 Economy

Rail industry welcomes Notice to Proceed for HS2

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the UK rail supply community, has welcomed the 'Notice to Proceed' for HS2 to begin the main construction works.

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26 Mar 2020 Environment

HS2 to start digging up ancient woodland from April

HS2 Ltd has confirmed to the Woodland Trust it will begin the futile act of attempting to move the soil from five ancient woodlands during April.