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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

HS2 is an example of ‘how not to run a project’ and may not even reach Birmingham, MPs find

High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities” to complete the project, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

The Commons public accounts committee (PAC) said the rail project should be studied as an example of “how not to run a major project”, with billions of pounds of taxpayer funds having already been wasted.

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