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Government invests £235m in London's roads using funds from HS2

Roads will be resurfaced across the capital over the next 11 years

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

Landowners on axed HS2 route left ‘suicidal’, MPs told

Rail expert Trevor Parkin told the Commons’ Transport Select Committee that HS2 Ltd officials are ‘dragging their feet’.

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2023

Ministers urged to act as figures show surge in fatal crashes among elderly drivers

Some 245 men aged 70 and over were killed in crashes during the year to the end of June

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

Love them or hate them, a UK government decision on e-scooters is well overdue

Despite local trials being cut short for safety concerns, regulation has been kicked down the road, says Oliver Wainwright, the Guardian’s architecture and design critic

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023

Road investment to focus on maintenance instead of new highways

The Department for Transport wrote that keeping the network in a ‘safe and serviceable condition’ will be a growing priority.

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Sadiq Khan writes to Rishi Sunak for ‘urgent clarification’ of HS2 Euston plans

The mayor said the high-speed line could ‘overwhelm’ existing Tube connections

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2023

HS2 alternative plans watered down or dropped a day after being announced

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said Network North was a ‘back of a fag packet’ plan.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023

Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival

Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be built

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

HS2 will not extend to Euston without private funding

Rishi Sunak’s promise depends on a substantial portion of the cost being met by third-party investment

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

HS2 will not reach Euston without private investment

The PA news agency understands Rishi Sunak’s commitment to extend the high-speed railway to central London is contingent on private money.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023