DARK SECRETS: 9 - The Real Truth

Work has stopped on HS2, but the Tories are still digging Britain into a hole

The loss of a national asset that would have aided ‘levelling up’ shows how little Rishi Sunak is really committed to long-termism

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

Letters: saving civilian lives in Gaza must be paramount

Showing restraint, compassion for the innocent and acting according to humanitarian ideals are not weaknesses

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

Sadiq Khan: Government’s plan for 10,000 Euston homes ‘plucked out of the air’

The mayor said he fears the plan to bring HS2 to Euston could be ‘cancelled by stealth’

Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2023

Why the HS2 dream was never on the right track

Letter: Tony May lists the problems with the high-speed railway and says that investment should have started in the north

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

What Angela Rayner's speech tells us about Labour's potential to curtail short-termism in UK politics

With no apparent irony, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently announced he was cancelling HS2 – one of the UK’s largest long-term infrastructure projects – under the 2023 Conservative party conference strapline, “Long-term decisions for a brighter future”. He did so after a week of repeatedly saying he would not be…

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2023

Rishi Sunak admits list of HS2 replacement projects just ‘illustrative’ and not pledges

Meanwhile Andy Burnham says government must safeguard HS2 land and stop sell-off

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

List of projects to be funded by HS2 money ‘only illustrative’, Sunak says

Some schemes listed as in line for funds from scrapped northern leg of HS2 were swiftly deleted while others are already complete

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

Rail workers ‘at war’ with the Government, union boss says

Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, accused the Government of wanting to send the rail industry into ‘managed decline’.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Sunak insists he is the choice for ‘change’ as he defends HS2 decision

Mr Sunak said he does not want to focus on the situation he inherited from previous Conservative administrations but wants to do things ‘differently’.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Watch live: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes questions on HS2, net zero and education at Nottingham event

Watch live as Rishi Sunak holds a ‘PM connect’ event in Nottingham on Monday 9 October.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023