Sir Keir Starmer has said he cannot promise a Labour government would reverse the government’s decision to scrap HS2. The Conservative leader said he had to act when costs “doubled” but the money ...

Nigel Stevens-Astell lives near the construction site and says HS2 has "affected everything from people right through to wildlife" As further delays and rising costs have been revealed for the HS2 ...

A few hundred yards from one of the country’s biggest HS2 builds, residents are getting used to life in the shadow of towering cranes and a stream of works traffic. The construction of a £570 million ...

The boss of the firm building HS2‘s new London station has delivered an excoriating attack on Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt amid concerns the project could be abandoned. Mark Reynolds, chief executive ...

Heidi Alexander told the Commons the railway, estimated in 2011 to cost £32bn, had become "a symbol of this country's decline ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. However, the section of line, known as 2b Western Leg, was cancelled by the then prime minister Rishi Sunak in October 2023, and ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave a significant update on the costs and timetable of the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project, which has suffered major delays and spiralling costs ...

The lack of building materials has reached crisis levels in the West Midlands – because they are being "creamed off" by HS2. The high speed rail project is said to be one of the reasons for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The listed Curzon Street Station building is to be repaired under HS2 plans [Google] Proposals by HS2 to restore an old station ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigel Stevens-Astell lives near the construction site and says HS2 has "affected everything from people right through to wildlife" ...