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HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery | Simon Jenkins
The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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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
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independent.co.uk
HS2 train speeds cut to curb spiralling project costs
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mirror.co.uk
Major HS2 update as rail project may not be finished for another 17 years
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave a significant update on the costs and timetable of the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project, which has suffered major delays and spiralling…
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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’
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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.
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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
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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'.
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HS2 cost increase is ‘terrible news’, says rail boss
The new target opening schedule for HS2 is between May 2036 and October 2039
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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.
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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,…
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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.
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spectator.com
HS2 is a national scandal
HS2 has never had the attention it needs and the scrutiny its scale demands. This is Britain’s largest infrastructure project, dwarfing the Channel Tunnel by a factor of around…
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HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery | Simon Jenkins
The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins