Government misleads public as HS2 has been £9bn over-budget for 4 years, says...
A briefing paper written for the House of Commons Library has revealed that at the time of the 2015 spending review, the Department for Transport set a cost estimate for HS2 of £64.9bn. Instead of...
View ArticlePress release: All HS2 work must stop until review concludes
Press release: All HS2 work must stop until review concludes Stop HS2 campaigners react to the government announcement of a so-called independent review of HS2 by the Department for Transport. Penny...
View Article“Whitewash HS2 review will be insult to voters intelligence” says #StopHS2...
After it was confirmed over the weekend by Lord Berkeley that the Oakervee Review into HS2 is being written by DfT mandarins and will not be published until after the General Election, direct action...
View ArticleCampaigners say the Government should “pull the plug” on HS2
Stop HS2 react to a version of the Oakervee review, leaked to the Financial Times, saying the Government should “pull the plug” on the scheme. The document confirms that the project is likely to cost...
View ArticleMythbuster Briefing on HS2 Launched
Stop HS2 have launched a myth-busting factsheet for MPs and peers to counter much of the spin that has been surrounding the HS2 project. Key points include: That far from being a magic wand to cure the...
View ArticleSuccessful delivery of HS2 has been rated as “unachievable” since June 2019,...
Today, the National Audit Office has produced a report which amongst other things concludes that “HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because the Government and HS2 Ltd underestimated the complexity...
View ArticleHS2 will be Boris’ Big Blunder
Today, Boris Johnson announced his intention to go ahead with HS2, though the Oakervee recommendations make it clear that the project has still not received Notice to Proceed (see below). Here’s the...
View ArticleMPs Confirm Parliament & Public Consistently Lied to Over Cost of HS2
A damning report from the Public Accounts Committee has today concluded that HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport deliberated lied to them about the fact they knew HS2 could not be delivered on...
View ArticleCovid means “The case for building HS2 has gone from questionable to...
Today, the Government announced the official start of construction on phase 1 of HS2, with Boris Johnson keen to herald the projected creation of 22,000 construction jobs, but rather less keen to...
View ArticleThank you for everything you did, Dame Cheryl Gillan.
Stop HS2 are very sorry to hear of the death of Dame Cheryl Gillan, a long term opponent of HS2. Penny Gaines, chair of Stop HS2, said “Cheryl was one of the first members of Parliament to speak out...
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