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OPINION - The Leader podcast: Decade of HS2 delays and London’s tumbling house prices

Critical Euston link on ice until 2040s amid spiralling costs

Evening Standard

Construction services company Hercules reports revenue growth

The Cirencester-based firm provides services to projects including HS2, Crossrail and the M4 smart motorway

Birmingham Post

16ft deep hole opens above huge tunnel being dug for HS2

Campaigners say this is evidence the work should be stopped

Wales Online

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Huge sinkhole appears above HS2 tunnel in Buckinghamshire

Sinkhole in Little Missenden is four meters deep

The Independent UK

Large hole opens up above HS2 tunnel in Buckinghamshire

HS2 says hole likely due to ‘prexisting ground conditions’ but campaigners cite it as evidence that tunnelling should stop

Evening Standard

HS2 contractor confirms ‘sizeable’ sinkhole in Buckinghamshire

Construction firm Align told residents near Amersham the hole is six metres across and five deep

The Guardian - UK

The long wait for HS2

In 2021-2022, the Government spent more than £5bn on HS2: about the same as it spends on the national road network. Critics often argue that the money would be far better used to fund much-needed improvements to existing railways.

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All Wales' political parties unite to call on the UK Government to reclassify HS2 as England-only

The Welsh Conservatives joined forces with the other major Welsh parties in the Senedd to demand Wales gets the money it is "rightfully owed' for HS2

Wales Online

What happened when Rishi Sunak was asked about 'great Welsh train robbery'

'Now the PM talks about running away with other people’s money but his government is depriving Wales to the tune of £6 billion by ruling that north to south England rail links like HS2 somehow benefit Wales? Will he plead guilty to the great Welsh train robbery?'

Wales Online

Civil servant pressed on Department for Transport’s ‘massive scale delivery failure’ over Euston HS2 pause

A Conservative member of the Public Accounts Committee raised concerns that taxpayers are being ‘taken for a ride’

Evening Standard

Civil servant pressed on ‘massive scale delivery failure over Euston HS2 pause’

A Conservative member of the Public Accounts Committee raised concerns that taxpayers are being ‘taken for a ride’.

The Independent UK

Village Idiot at Theatre Royal Stratford East review: HS2 comedy has promise but ultimately hits the buffers

The show asks complex questions and has some funny lines but could have made twice the impact in half the time

Evening Standard

Delays to HS2 rail to North won't save cash, Tory Transport Secretary admits

Tory ministers sparked fury last month by confirming a two-year hold-up in building key sections of the HS2 high speed rail line in a bid to cut spiralling costs

Daily Mirror

HS2 will reach central London only when line to Manchester is complete

Passengers could wait a decade for trains serving central London after High Speed 2 opens

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The Independent UK

Transport Secretary Mark Harper accepts HS2 delays will not save money

He told MPs the Government had to make ‘sensible decisions’ due to having annual budgets.

Evening Standard

OPINION - HS2 confirms work on Euston tunnel to be paused

The latest delay is symptomatic of a country that has grown used to weak – or no – growth

Evening Standard

HS2 confirms work on £1.2billion Euston tunnel to be paused

Construction on HS2’s £1.2billion tunnel to Euston will be held back from starting next year as planned after the Government “switched priority” to get the maligned high-speed railway running from Birmingham to Old Oak Common.

Birmingham Post

Hull set for HS2 logistics role as European steel giant plans £10m rail terminal investment

Voestalpine Railway Systems has won a major contract on HS2

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Nottingham Post

HS2 uncertainty 'devastating' amid empty houses on Long Eaton street

People living on Bonsall Street in Long Eaton say several properties are now empty due to uncertainty caused by HS2.

Evening Standard

HS2 will finish at Euston, Rishi Sunak tells MPs

The Prime Minister insisted that HS2 would ultimately terminate at Euston, amid questions about the fate of the multi-billion infrastructure project

The Independent UK

HS2 will end at Euston, Sunak tells MPs

The Prime Minister insisted that HS2 would ultimately finish at Euston, amid questions about the fate of the multi-billion infrastructure project.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: My rate? £6k a day

How is GMP rooting out bad apples? PLUS Sir Graham Brady caught in sting AND Piccadilly to Old Oak Common

Evening Standard

Decision to redesign Euston HS2 station will cost billions and cause decade of delay, says expert

Euston faces a “decade of delay” before the arrival of HS2 high speed trains because of the Government’s disastrous decision to switch station designs, a rail expert has warned.

Evening Standard

Euston HS2 delays would mean extra costs, warns watchdog

Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs, the National Audit Office has warned ministers.

The Guardian - UK

Revised plans for HS2 Euston terminus would cost almost £5bn, says watchdog

NAO warns cost of station in London almost double initial budget and pause on work could push it higher

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