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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nick Lester

Rail minister blasts ‘arrogant’ HS2 over crisis-hit flagship project

HS2 has suffered repeated delays and soaring costs despite being scaled back (PA/Jonathan Brady) - (PA Archive)

A transport minister has branded the company responsible for delivering the troubled high-speed rail scheme “arrogant”.

In withering criticism, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill said the flagship HS2 project had gone “badly wrong”, pointing out the Government could not say when it would open or how much it would cost, which was a “terrible position”.

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