Duty of Care and HS2 in PMQs
While HS2 was included in a question at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, it is notable that only Heathrow was referenced in the answer. Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock) (Con):...
View ArticleBusinesses Barricaded in Against HS2s’ State-Ordained Theft
We’ve reported a few times in the past that business owners who have handed over their keys to HS2 Ltd are still waiting for any compensation, despite the fact they should get 90% of the money before...
View ArticleSecret Government Report says “Fundamentally Flawed” HS2 Could go 60%...
A secret report produced by the Governments’ Infrastructure and Projects Authority months before HS2 got its’ final approval in Parliament, warned that the costs of the project were ”highly likely” to...
View ArticleNational Audit Office report shows HS2 property cost estimate has trebled.
Today, the National Audit Office has published a report into HS2 buying land and property on Phase 1 of HS2, which has found the estimate has almost trebled since 2012. The NAO report states: “In 2012,...
View ArticleHS2 Ltd Threaten More Jobs, Continuing to Seize Businesses Without Paying for...
It is a shining endorsement of how well the Brexit Firewall has kept almost everything else out of the headlines, that last month Panorama could take a story that broke in June and package it as...
View ArticleDfT Admit They Don’t Know How Much Has Been Spent on HS2 Property, as Lawsuit...
The Department for Transport has stated that it does not hold any record of how much has been spent on buying property along the proposed route of HS2, claiming that this information is held solely by...
View ArticleHave You Lost Money Due to HS2? Then it’s Time to Report HS2 Ltd to the...
Yes, you did read that headline right! Over the years, many people have demonstrated that the case for HS2 is what many people would call ‘fraudulent’: that there may have been financial conflicts of...
View ArticleWill Court Delay See HS2 Ltd Polluting London’s Water Supply?
The eagerly awaited trial of environmental protestors Sarah Green and Lori Hughes, which was due to take place on 1st April has been delayed for three and a half months. In what was a highly...
View ArticleJohn Bishop and ‘The Adventures of HS2’
Commenting on reports that comedian John Bishop sold his house to HS2 Ltd for £6.8 million, Penny Gaines, chair of Stop HS2, said “The Government has to buy property to build HS2, sometimes because the...
View ArticleSerious Fraud Office wants details on HS2 compensation practices, as...
Back in March, we pointed out that the actions of HS2 Ltd in relation to how they have dealt with land and property owners in many cases was fraud, or more specifically a clear breach of Section 4 of...
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