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‘Spectre of HS2’ hangs over Burnham-backed Northern Powerhouse Rail, MPs warn

Committee say ‘clear risk’ major scheme to boost rail connections cannot be delivered within £45bn funding cap

The Independent UK

Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn

The £45bn scheme to link cities across north of England with new or upgraded lines has no convincing or properly costed plan, committee says

The Guardian - UK

Spare us from inane pre- and post-match interviews at Wimbledon

Brief letters: Tennis players’ media duties | Train services | HS2 | Night-time | Bad Bunny

The Guardian - UK

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HS2’s failures under spotlight as £153 million to be spent on reset process

HS2 could cost more than £100 billion and may not open until 2039

The Independent UK

Pause HS2 reset until you are confident it can be delivered, NAO tells ministers

Spending watchdog says high-speed rail project must be put on stable footing to avoid repeat of costly past failures

The Guardian - UK

Extra £174m earmarked for ‘spiralling’ bill for Lower Thames Crossing

More than £3bn is due to be spent on the proposed road tunnel between Kent and Essex, which is estimated to have higher costs per mile than HS2

The Guardian - UK

HS2: white elephant or vital addition to Britain’s rail network?

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article in which he called for the project to be scrapped

The Guardian - UK

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HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery

The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

HS2 Cost Hits £102 Billion With Trains Delayed to 2039 as Ministers Blame Tories for Obscene Overspend

Britain's HS2 rail project could cost up to £102 billion, with services delayed until 2039, as ministers blamed Conservatives for soaring costs and setbacks.

International Business Times UK

HS2 boss explains why costs have spiralled by a ‘terrible’ £60bn

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The Independent UK

HS2 cost increase is ‘terrible news’, says rail boss

The new target opening schedule for HS2 is between May 2036 and October 2039

The Independent UK

Does the HS2 reset mean anything new for the railways? Simon Calder’s analysis

Travel Correspondent Simon Calder assesses the latest stage of this disastrous flagship rail project

The Independent UK

HS2 costs soar past £100billion with trains not running from London until at least 2036

Trains are not expected to begin running between Old Oak Common and Birmingham’s Curzon Street station until between May 2036 and October 2039

Evening Standard

HS2 to cost up to £100bn amid 11-year delay as trains to be slower

HS2 could cost more than £100 billion, may not open until 2039, will have trains that run 11 slower than planned, and is too expensive to cancel…

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HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander blames Conservative government for ‘obscene increase in times and costs’

Evening Standard

HS2 could cost more than £100bn and may not open until 2039, says minister

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons she was ‘angry’ about the ‘obscene increase in time and costs’.

The Independent UK

HS2 may not open until 2039 and could cost more than £100bn, warns minister

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons she was ‘angry’ about the increase in time and costs

The Independent UK

HS2 cuts train speeds as project to cost more than Nasa’s Artemis moon mission

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HS2 trains to run slower than planned to save money

The Press Association understands Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander will announce the maximum speed of the trains will be 320km/h (199mph).

The Guardian - UK

HS2: Heidi Alexander to set out true cost of rail project – and when trains will begin to run

Transport secretary to give budget details of troubled high-speed line, which backers hope will stay well below £100bn

Evening Standard

UK business news today: What went wrong with HS2

The latest from the world of business, and a look ahead to next week

The Independent UK

Major HS2 flaw that caused extensive failures and soaring cost revealed in new report

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Evening Standard

‘Gold plating’ HS2 resulted in railway’s woes, major report due to say

A report will criticise the ‘original sins’ in the decision-making behind the multibillion-pound rail project.

The Independent UK

HS2 ‘gold plating’ and high speed focus blamed for railway’s extensive woes

A new report will criticise the ‘original sins’ of the decision-making behind the multibillion-pound rail project

The Guardian - UK

Ministers tell HS2 to consider slower train speeds to cut costs

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launch

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