The final price tag for the notorious High Speed 2 bat tunnel is on track to be a fifth higher than previously thought, figures obtained by the Financial Times show. HS2 chair Sir Jon Thompson told a ...

A BUNGLING mandarin will leave her job this summer after the costs for HS2 spiralled out of control. Dame Bernadette Kelly, ...

HS2 chair Sir Jon Thompson told a rail industry conference in November that the conservation project would cost £100mn — a number that swiftly entered public consciousness. Thompson’s ...

BUNGLING HS2 bosses have no clue how much taxpayers’ cash has been spent on luxury lodging for newts, The Sun can reveal. ...

However, HS2 Ltd, the government-owned company constructing the railway, estimated in June that the project would cost between £54,000,000,000 and £66,000,000,000. The committee also accused the ...

All these figures were in 2019 prices. Once adjusted for inflation, the cost "might be close to £80bn", according to the report. The PAC said: "The HS2 programme has become a casebook example of ...

Once adjusted for inflation, the cost "might be close to £80 billion", according to the report. The PAC said: "The HS2 programme has become a casebook example of how not to run a major project.

A damning report has described HS2 as an example of 'how not to run a major project'. The report written by MPs says that the failure to deliver the high-speed line from London to Manchester risks ...

Once adjusted for inflation, the cost “might be close to £80 billion”, according to the report. The PAC said: “The HS2 programme has become a casebook example of how not to run a major project.

Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn has pushed back against suggestions by HS2 bosses that construction contracts on the London to ...

The northern leg of HS2 could be replaced with a new privately funded railway under government plans to boost economic growth. Ministers are considering reviving plans for a new high-speed line ...

HS2 is an example of “how not to run a major project” and the Government “must not waste” its latest opportunity to reset the programme, an influential group of MPs has warned. The Department for ...