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Government announces HS2 construction delay to cut costs

Construction of HS2 between Birmingham and Crewe will be delayed by two years, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said

Evening Standard

Parts of HS2 to be delayed or cut as ministers prepare to reveal rising costs

At least £2bn extra needed for London-Birmingham section as inflation fuels yet more budget overruns on troubled rail project

The Guardian - UK

HS2 construction delay to save money 'potentially a real body blow for the UK's economic recovery'

The delays could mainly impact the railway between Birmingham and Crewe, and between Crewe and Manchester

Birmingham Post

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Tories told to 'get on' with HS2 as Labour vows to build high speed rail line in full

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told the Tories to 'Get on with it, stop wasting taxpayers’ money as she renewed the party's promise to construct the track's eastern leg

Daily Mirror

Britain's broken train and bus systems 'costing the North dear', Tories told

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will promise to 'spark a northern renaissance' by reversing the Tories' betrayal on Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 and vow to 'turn the page on a decade of decline'

Daily Mirror

HS2 could be delayed further, project boss says, but 'confidence' over Manchester route remaining

'I think it all sounds eminently sensible and I think the challenge is that this isn’t unique to HS2.'

Manchester Evening News

HS2 timeline: government confirms train will run to London Euston

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the HS2 train line will continue into the city centre by connecting to London Euston and will not terminate at Old Oak Common – as had been mooted.

Evening Standard

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Delaying HS2 is one option to limit soaring costs of project, admits chief

HS2 chief’s comments comes after rail minister Huw Merriman said that the Government remains ’absolutely committed’ to the project

Evening Standard

HS2 rail line could be further delayed to cut costs, says boss

Talks under way with UK government over timings of project as prices of materials soar

The Guardian - UK

HS2 boss admits project could be delayed amid spiralling costs and soaring inflation

Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the HS2 high-speed rail project over the past year has been ‘significant’ as bosses and the Government consider delaying to curb costs

Daily Mirror

HS2 boss says delays among options being explored to curb rising costs

Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the project over the past year has been ‘significant’.

The Independent UK

Government 'absolutely committed' to HS2 from London to Manchester and east of England

It was recently reported HS2 might not run to its planned central London terminus at Euston due to rising costs

Birmingham Post

'Don't dither and deliver HS2 all the way' says Midlands Connect chief

Sir John Peace makes plea head of regional transport body's annual conference in Birmingham today

Birmingham Post

HS2 borehole spews out mystery foam at rugby club putting work on hold

‘We’ve all watched Marvel and Dr Who, we just thought where is this going to go?’

Evening Standard

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Mystery foam emerges from HS2 tunnel boring under west London rugby club

A pool of brown bubbling foam has appeared where work to build the HS2 high speed rail line is being carried out. The five metre (16ft) “mini geyser” on a rugby pitch in Ruislip, west London, is near to where some of the tunnelling work is being carried out. Work…

Birmingham Post

Hargreaves Services hails carbon cutting conveyor as part of HS2 work

The engineering project intends to cut out the need for HGV journeys

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham’s singing station clock – a platform for ‘ordinary’ voices

Aural clock, designed by Turner prize winner Susan Philipsz for Curzon Street HS2 station, features sounds made by 1,092 city folk

Evening Standard

HS2 under review as line faces delays and cost-cutting

The project could finish 12 years later than planned

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Birmingham Post

Former HMRC chief appointed as seventh HS2 chairman

Sir Jonathan Thompson was also the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and will now lead the high-speed rail project as it continues to battle rising costs and negative headlines

The Guardian - UK

What’s on and off the table for Rishi Sunak

Brief letters: Supplying arms and paying workers | Butterfly blues | Not in the picture | The Songs of Jim McLean | Coming up short with HS2

Nottingham Post

'Disappointing' if HS2 Nottinghamshire connection was scrapped amid reports

Current plans would see the eastern leg of HS2 terminating near the East Midlands Parkway station just south of Nottingham.

The Guardian - UK

HS2: ministers to cut services and speeds to drive down costs, reports say

Number of trains could be cut from from 18 to 10 an hour and maximum speed of 360 km/h (224 mph) may be reduced

Manchester Evening News

Opposition to HS2 plans which would cut off Ashton from the Metrolink for years to go before MPs

There would be a temporary track and ‘turn back’ created at Piccadilly for a period of two years

Evening Standard

HS2’s longest tunnel reaches halfway point

HS2 Ltd said a pair of tunnel-boring machines have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills.

Daily Mirror

Residents' despair over 'UK's most neglected street with post-apocalyptic scenes like The Last of Us'

Locals cannot believe the state of the road with 'crater-like' potholes, mountains of rubbish, and burnt-out cars

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