All HS2 articles – Page 3
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Key takeaways and talking points from the Labour Party conference
Amid uncertainty around commitments to net zero and infrastructure investment, the opposition set out its stall for the coming election. Daniel Gayne and Thomas Lowe report
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Labour recommits to Northern Powerhouse Rail – but no promise to deliver HS2
Both schemes were previously Labour manifesto commitments
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Burnham calls for pre-covid rail plan for the north to be built in full
Mayor’s comments come as shadow rail minister questions “implications” of government handling of HS2
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Labour would commission inquiry into HS2 costs, says Reeves
Shadow chancellor also unveiled plans to ‘get Britain building’
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We were on the right track. Cancelling HS2 has taken us off it
Some building projects are worth the money and the wait. A once-in-a-generation opportunity has now been missed, writes Randstad’s Victoria Short
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HS2 Euston pared back further with reprieved station to feature just six platforms
Original design had proposals for 11 platforms in order to cope with capacity for now abandoned route to Manchester
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Listed builders shrug off impact of HS2 decision
Share prices of quoted firms fell slightly on news of Sunak’s confirmation that leg to Manchester has been scrapped
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Last minute lobbying to keep HS2 falls on deaf ears as industry casts doubt on Sunak’s alternative
Plan to ditch leg of railway to Manchester condemned as mistake by construction sector
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PM scraps HS2 West Midlands to Manchester leg
Savings to be spent on ‘hundreds’ of smaller projects, while Euston link to go ahead under new management
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Conservative Party conference: UK takes ‘ridiculous’ amount of time to get spades in the ground on major infrastructure, says chancellor
Jeremy Hunt hit out at inefficiency’s in major project delivery and re-iterated no formal decision had been made on HS2
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Private firms including Arup and Siemens leading Andy Street’s coalition to save HS2, mayor says
Mace and Arcadis also backing proposal as West Midlands leader floats idea of phase 2 to Manchester being bankrolled by overseas wealth funds
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Conservative Party conference: axe looms over HS2, ministers side-step awkward questions and business leaders despair
As row over country’s biggest infrastructure project escalates, Daniel Gayne reports on a downbeat mood in Manchester
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Sunak weighing up funding Manchester underground station to bring Burnham on side
Prime minister wants win over Manchester mayor amid backlash against expected HS2 cuts
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Johnson attacks plans to pare back HS2 as Armitt likens mooted cutbacks to ‘running away’
Mixed messages damaging country’s reputation, National Infrastructure Commission boss adds
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PM and chancellor under pressure from regional leaders to drop HS2 cut plans
Proposals to turn scheme into Birmingham-West London shuttle could save £34bn
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Labour refuse to confirm HS2 support as Sunak sharpens axe
Prime minister’s ‘mind made up’ on Euston and northern phase
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JV to pay troubled Buckingham’s subcontractors on £120m HS2 contract
Work stopped on earthworks job after contractor stoppped trading
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Buckingham ceases trading and seeks sale blaming ‘escalating losses’ on stadium jobs
Contractor filed notice of intention to appoint administrators on Wednesday
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HS2 Supreme Court land ruling to have ‘far reaching consequences’ for future infrastructure schemes
Supreme Court decided hope value of four sites on route should be considered together, not separately