The Government spent £167m of taxpayers’ money on buying up homes and land to clear a path for the north-eastern leg of HS2 which it has now officially dropped. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander ...
After years of setbacks, controversy and spiralling costs, phase two of the long-awaited HS2 rail project appears to be under threat. The Independent has exclusively revealed that prime minister Rishi ...
A long-awaited report into how to proceed with rail projects in the North and the Midlands has found building HS2 all the way to Leeds would add an extra £43bn onto budgets - and recommended regional ...