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HS2 investigates claims company overcharged for supplying workers

Firm accused of inflating billing costs for staff working on high-speed rail route’s West Midlands section

The Guardian - UK

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’.

Evening Standard

Derailing the doubters? New HS2 superstation to bring £10bn of redevelopment to west London

Thousands of new homes and jobs are included in the masterplan for 70 acres around the west London superstation

Evening Standard

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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…

The National (Scotland)

HS2 ‘a casebook example of how not to run a major project’, MPs say

Scathing committee report lambasts DfT and HS2 for failing to work together effectively

The Guardian - UK

HS2 is an example of ‘how not to run a project’ and may not even reach Birmingham, MPs find

Even if the slimmed down project is delivered it will ‘bring very poor value for money’, damning report finds

The Independent UK

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

A cross-party group of MPs warned there is ‘a reputational risk to the UK’ because of the project.

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Environment secretary lambasts HS2’s £100m bat shelter

Steve Reed says plans for 1km curved structure to protect bats from high-speed railway are ‘batshit crazy’

The Guardian - UK

Desire to ‘meet every concern’ over HS2 causes extra costs and delays – adviser

Sir Joh Armitt told MPs a ‘private sector approach’ would have been to say ‘Sorry, I have not got any more money’.

The Independent UK

HS2 in ‘very serious situation’ and needs 'fundamental reset', boss warns

Warning issued as HS2 Ltd publishes update outlining progress in building 140-mile line between London and West Midlands

Evening Standard

HS2 boss issues stark warning for 2025

More than 31,000 people are employed on the programme

The Independent UK

Government still does not know how much HS2 will cost, MPs told

The new chief executive of HS2 declined to apologise for the project building a £100 million bat ‘shed’.

The Independent UK

HS2 boss blames failure to control costs on rush to start work

Mark Wild says ‘fundamental reset’ needed, as Department for Transport admits it has no final cost estimate

The Guardian - UK

HS2 costs could hit £66bn, progress report says

This is up from the last estimate for phase one – £49 to £57 billion – from November 2023.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Cost of HS2 could pass £80bn as estimated bill jumps 15% in a year

Projected bill includes price of building HS2 station at Euston, with a budget of about £5bn

Evening Standard

Government 'doesn't know' how much it will cost to finish HS2 between London and Birmingham

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh vows to rebuild Euston mainline station ‘with public money’ and says Tube station also ‘needs work’

Evening Standard

£100m plus bat shed ‘tip of iceberg’ on HS2 delivery ‘failure’, says Haigh

The Transport Secretary described a ‘complete lack of efficiency’ in spending.

The Independent UK

HS2 spending more than £100m to build bat ‘shed’

Expensive saga an example of UK’s ‘genuine problem’ with completing major infrastructure projects, project’s chair says

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Cost of ‘bat shed’ to protect colony near HS2 has topped £100m, chair says

Jon Thompson tells industry conference there was ‘no evidence’ that bats were at risk from the trains

The Independent UK

HS2 Ltd spending more than £100m on bat ‘shed’, says chairman

Sir Jon Thompson said this is despite there being ‘no evidence that high-speed trains interfere with bats’.

The Guardian - UK

Yes, review HS2’s ‘dire’ delivery – but contract renegotiation matters more

To unpick this debacle, the transport secretary will have to cajole companies to go against their shareholders’ interests

The Independent UK

HS2 claim their trains will have UK’s ‘most comfortable seats’ as test designs revealed

The HS2 trains will include recling seats, plenty of leg room and reading lights

Evening Standard

HS2 high speed trains to Euston will be 'most comfortable' on UK rail network with 87cm of legroom

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to confirm in the Budget that HS2 will run to Euston

The Guardian - UK

Plans unveiled for cheaper high-speed alternative to scrapped HS2 northern leg

Report claims 50-mile line would be slightly slower and significantly cheaper but deliver most of the benefits

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists in frame for £1m costs of protest bans run up by UK’s biggest law firm

DLA Piper seeking to recover costs in relation to injunctions it secured for National Highways and HS2, records show

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