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HS2 opening to be delayed beyond 2033

The project has already suffered repeated delays and soaring costs despite being scaled back.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

HS2 opening set to be delayed again as costs soar

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The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

HS2 high-speed rail link to miss 2033 target as 'litany of failure' hikes costs by £37bn

HS2 has made UK a 'laughing stock' on infrastructure, says minister as high speed line timetable hits the buffers

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

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 · Mar 4, 2025

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 · Mar 4, 2025

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 · Feb 28, 2025

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 · Feb 28, 2025

Birmingham plagued by rats ‘the size of cats’ as bin strike and HS2 blamed

Furious residents say ‘really chunky’ rodents chewing through cables and nesting in wheelie bins

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers

Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025

‘Major issues’ with HS2, Holocaust memorial and nuclear subs, ministers warned

Some 27 of the 227 large-scale schemes the Government is overseeing appear to be unachievable, according to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025