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New HS2 budget to blow £33bn hole in public finances

The government will need to find as much as £33bn in additional cash to fund its revamped plans to deliver HS2.

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lunedì 18 maggio 2026·dailymail.com
Transport Secretary to confirm HS2 could cost eye-watering £100billion
Heidi Alexander will tell the Commons that delivering the beleaguered high-speed rail project may cost triple the £32.7billion price tag it was originally given in 2011.
martedì 19 maggio 2026·inews.co.uk
HS2 to cost more than Nasa's Artemis Moon mission
Cost could have funded programme to send astronauts around the moon - with money left over

martedì 19 maggio 2026·

theguardian.com

HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander blames Conservative government for ‘obscene increase in times and costs’

martedì 19 maggio 2026·

cityam.com

'Gold-plated folly' HS2 on track to cost at least £102bn

The transport secretary blasted HS2 as a "massively over-specced folly" in an update to parliament on Tuesday.

martedì 19 maggio 2026·

independent.co.uk

HS2 may not open until 2039 and could cost more than £100bn, warns minister

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons she was ‘angry’ about the increase in time and costs

martedì 19 maggio 2026·

dailymail.com

HS2 'fiasco' set to cost £100BILLION and might not open till 2039

Details of failings were revealed in a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon, as critics branded the project a 'national embarrassment and 'white elephant'.

mercoledì 20 maggio 2026·

independent.co.uk

HS2 cost increase is ‘terrible news’, says rail boss

The new target opening schedule for HS2 is between May 2036 and October 2039

mercoledì 20 maggio 2026·

dailymail.com

HS2 boss admits new £100bn cost is 'terrible news'

Mark Wild, who was parachuted in to rescue HS2 after doing the same for Crossrail, told MPs today that he was convinced it would not be delayed any further.

mercoledì 20 maggio 2026·

independent.co.uk

HS2 boss explains why costs have spiralled by a ‘terrible’ £60bn

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe HS2 rail project's budget has doubled,…

mercoledì 20 maggio 2026·

dailymail.com

Ministers 'misleading taxpayers' as true cost of HS2 could be £112bn

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons yesterday that the severely delayed and over-budget high-speed rail project will now cost up to £102.7billion.

giovedì 21 maggio 2026·

cityam.com