The government has just set out details of what remains of HS2, and it’s nothing like the big bold project that was promised.
19 May 2026
Ciaran Jenkins
Data Correspondent and Presenter
The government has just set out details of what remains of HS2, and it’s nothing like the big bold project that was promised.
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As the government announces a further delay, here are key moments in the troubled project’s history so far
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Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, is to address MPs as the costly, crisis-hit rail project endures another setback
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