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Articles tagged with: HS2
Jeremy Hunt Calls On Early Retirees To Work Again, Questions Over HS2 Future
Economy
Jeremy Hunt Calls On Early Retirees To Work Again, Questions Over HS2 Future
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has called on people who retired early to reconsider joining the workplace, as he declared that “Britain needs you”.
'Enormous problems' - Northern MPs on train and transport issues across their regions
Transport
By Caitlin Doherty
'Enormous problems' - Northern MPs on train and transport issues across their regions
With “difficult decisions” to come on the economy, northern MPs tell Caitlin Doherty what the government should do with rail and other transport services to best serve their communities.
Grant Shapps Denies Rail Promises To The North Have Been Watered Down Despite Backlash
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.
Dominic Raab Insists Watered Down Rail Plans Deliver 'Best Bang For The Buck' To Taxpayers
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.
It’s time to give the Midlands Rail Hub the green light
Transport
By Lord Ravensdale
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.
Partner content
Transport
By Railway Industry Association
RIA’s HS2 Meet the Bidder supports over 100 supplier meetings
Partner content
Transport
By Railway Industry Association
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.
The inevitability of HS2 does not mean it is a British success story
Environment
By Michael Fabricant MP
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.
Scrapping HS2’s eastern leg would be a betrayal of the communities there
Communities
By Lilian Greenwood MP
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
Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority
Communities
By Darren Henry MP and Lilian Greenwood MP
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.
If government is serious about levelling up, it must commit to building the Eastern Leg of HS2
Transport
By Lilian Greenwood MP
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.
If the Spending Review lacks ambition, we will miss a vital opportunity to level up the North
Economy
By Dan Jarvis MP
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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Environment
By Woodland Trust
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.
On HS2, there has been a failure to manage costs and a complete lack of transparency
Coronavirus
By Public Accounts Committee
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.
HS2 is ‘badly off course’ and its bosses have been ‘blindsided by reality’, MPs warn
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.
Ministers give green light for work on HS2 to begin immediately despite coronavirus lockdown
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.
Economy
By Railway Industry Association
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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Environment
By Woodland Trust
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.