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HS2: 16 years of high hopes, bruising reality and burgeoning costs

As the government announces a further delay, here are key moments in the troubled project’s history so far

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

Reeves considers U-turn on non-dom crackdown to halt exodus of wealthy

Chancellor could look to stem the flow of wealthy taxpayers leaving UK after Britain experienced its most significant drop in billionaires ever last year

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

HS2 opening to be delayed past planned 2033 date, minister to announce

Transport secretary will also accuse Conservatives of wasting billions on project with poor management

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

Labour had the chance to finally kill off HS2. Instead, it’s throwing more money into the pit

Rachel Reeves didn’t utter a word about this disaster in her spending review. Yet there’s a colossal £25bn more earmarked for it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2025

Tories accused in General Election betting scandal set to face trial over 'easy money' allegations

Craig Williams, who was the MP for Montgomeryshire, is among a group accused of cheating at gambling just before Rishi Sunak called the 2024 election

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

Voices: Yes, ‘Renewal’ Reeves needs to raise taxes – but how will she pull it off?

COMMENT: The chancellor’s fiscal headroom is already compromised by her commitment to tackle child poverty, writes Sean O’Grady. So she needs luck – and to be more boring than ever – to raise the revenue she desperately needs

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025

Rayner warns MPs not to underestimate her over 1.5 million homes target

Speaking in the Commons, shadow housing minister Paul Holmes claimed ‘she won’t achieve it’.

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025

‘Smash the gangs’: is Labour’s migration policy just a slogan?

The UK government is desperate to show it is preventing small boat crossings, but its PR-heavy approach may cause more problems with voters than it solves

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025

Mel Stride promises the Tories won’t repeat the mistakes of Liz Truss – except they already have

It’s a mistake to think that, when it comes to the UK economy, the Conservatives have always been seen by British voters as a safer pair of hands than Labour. But, notwithstanding the damaging austerity imposed on the country by David Cameron’s chancellor, George Osborne, it was, by and large,…

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025

UK looks to military gap years to boost recruitment in the face of growing geopolitical tension

The UK government recently endorsed proposals in its strategic defence review to consider the creation of military gap years for young people in the UK.

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025