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Work to link HS2 to west coast mainline to be delayed for four more years

Decision to extend pause on 18-mile stretch north of Birmingham part of ‘reset’ to troubled rail project

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth line trains would 'save residents from 20 years of HS2 blight' at Old Oak Common

Residents say early start of Lizzie line service at £2bn mega-station would be ‘game changer’ in easing woe caused by HS2 delays

Evening Standard

HS2 already billions over budget with work ‘just over halfway done’, says rail boss

Total overspend on high-speed rail could be as high as 100%, Mark Wild, who runs the project, told MPs

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HS2 boss blames ‘inefficiency’ for construction delays

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The Independent UK

HS2 should be ‘largely completed’ by now but project is just over halfway there, boss admits

HS2’s chief executive blamed the massive delays in the execution of the project on ‘inefficiency of work’

The Independent UK

HS2’s structures should have been ‘largely completed’ by now

Mark Wild, HS2 Ltd chief executive, said one of the main causes of the delays was starting construction work before designs were finalised.

Evening Standard

HS2 high-speed train line is only a third complete, admits boss Mark Wild in bombshell update to MPs

Beleaguered scheme two to three years behind schedule - but ‘good progress’ at Old Oak Common station

Evening Standard

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Scottish taxpayers should not be treated as 'afterthought' of HS2 project, say SNP

SCOTTISH taxpayers will have contributed billions of pounds to HS2 so should not be treated as an “after thought”, the SNP have said.

The National (Scotland)

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

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill said the flagship development has gone ‘badly wrong’.

Evening Standard

How bad is the HS2 fiasco now? So bad it’s time to listen to Nigel Farage

Labour now says the botched high-speed rail project will be further delayed. Why not just scrap it, as the Reform leader suggests? asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

HS2 may make key change to save money

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The Independent UK

HS2 may run at 'reduced speeds' in attempt to drive down costs, boss of doomed project admits

Mark Wild said ‘there is a need to simplify the day-one railway’ amid calls for the line to be scrapped altogether

Evening Standard

HS2 trains could run slower than expected to cut spiralling costs

HS2 is now expected to open after 2033 as transport secretary Heidi Alexander called its management under the Tories a ‘litany of failure’

The Independent UK

Thursday briefing: HS2’s never-ending journey continues, as Labour push back the £100bn project … again

In today’s newsletter: It was meant to revolutionise Britain’s rail network and Labour promises a reset, but some question whether the high-speed project is still worth it

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The Guardian - UK

HS2: a complete failure by the British state and its politicians

There have been many chances to avert this ‘appalling mess’, but, fuelled by political puff and short-termism, the project has become a farce

The Independent UK

How HS2 squandered billions to become a national embarrassment

ANALYSIS: Trains may run between Birmingham and somewhere near London by 2036 – a decade late, and slower than planned as Simon Calder explains

The Guardian - UK

HS2 delayed beyond 2033 as minister attacks ‘appalling mess’

Heidi Alexander says billions wasted in ‘litany of failure’ but vows ‘new era of leadership’ will turn project around

The Guardian - UK

HS2 opening to be delayed past planned 2033 date, minister to announce

Transport secretary will also accuse Conservatives of wasting billions on project with poor management

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Evening Standard

HS2 reports subcontractor to HMRC after alleged fraud

This comes after a whistleblower threw a spotlight on two firms working on the the West Midlands section of the high-speed line.

The Independent UK

HS2 spends £20k on Lego model of proposed station

15,000 brick Lego model described as ‘informative way to engage local communities’

Evening Standard

London's newest property development hotspot revealed as hopes grow about £2bn station

HS2 boss says Old Oak Common in west London is a target area for developers

Evening Standard

HS2 boss reveals three reasons why high-speed project is years late and billions over budget

‘The day we open the railway from Old Oak Common to Curzon Street will be a day of national celebration’

Evening Standard

HS2 will ‘prove its worth’, boss Mark Wild says

He made the comments days after an influential group of MPs described HS2 as an example of ‘how not to run a major project’.

The Guardian - UK

From backwater to hotspot: how HS2 could bring £10bn economic boost to Old Oak Common

Nearby development is booming as the west London rail mega-hub takes shape, helping feed prospects of 22,000 new homes and 19,000 new jobs

The National (Scotland)

HS2 an example of ‘how not to run a major project’, new report finds

HS2 is an example of “how not to run a major project” and the Government “must not waste” its latest opportunity to reset the programme, an…

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