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Parliament was 'misled' over true cost of HS2, rogue report claims
Lord Berkeley has said he thinks parliament was misled about the costs of the link between London and Birmingham.
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- HS2 costs out of control, says review's deputy chairThere is "overwhelming evidence" that the costs of HS2 are "out of control" and its benefits overstated, the deputy chair of its review panel has said.
Financial Times
- Officials reject claims that final HS2 bill will top £100bnLabour peer says taxpayer would only receive 60p for every pound spent
The Guardian
- Transport for Wales is on the right trackPhil Coleman points out that train fares in Wales are being reduced, bucking trends across the rest of the UK
- Most affordable commuter towns for five UK cities revealedProperty website Zoopla ranks Grays in Essex as best-value location within hour of LondonThe most affordable towns for people commuting into London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh have been revealed.With rail fares rising for many commuters, the property website Zoopla combined season ticket and mortgage costs to work out the best-value locations for those looking to live within an hour’s travel time of the five cities. Continue reading...
The Telegraph
- Letters: HS2 is out of control and unnecessary: invest in clean energy instead [subsciption]SIR – According to Lord Berkeley (report, January 5) the cost of the construction of HS2 will be more than £100 billion. He does not state whether this includes the costs of disruption to businesses because of transport delays.
Times Online
- South Western Railway boss vows to resist strikers’ demandsThe new boss of a strike-hit rail network has insisted that he will not give in to union demands despite the threat of further walkouts.
- HS2 will top £100bn, says official who quit review [subscription]The cost of the high-speed rail link is “out of control”, could pass more than £100 billion and parliament has been misled about its price, the former deputy chairman of the official HS2 review has claimed.
City AM
- Greater Anglia rail franchise clause at centre of dispute involving AbellioA row between rail officials in Holland and Britain has spilled over into 2020, after train operator Abellio continued to take heavy losses from a clause in one of its UK government contracts.
i News
- HS2 must go ahead to improve infrastructure, says Northern Powerhouse bossHenri Murison argues that the project is integral to taking cars off the roads
Sky News
- Parliament was 'misled' over true cost of HS2, rogue report claimsLord Berkeley has said he thinks parliament was misled about the costs of the link between London and Birmingham.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Bradford rail services suffer due to lack of capacity in Leeds RAIL capacity in and around the Bradford District will only improve once a new platform in Leeds Rail Station is completed - and this is unlikely to happen for another two years.
London Evening Standard
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Council leaders back HS2 after review says costs are out of controlA hard-hitting 70 -page dissenting report into the high speed rail proposal was published, listing several grave concerns that included the cost
- Transport Secretary promises 'year of action' on North East railways Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will discuss multi-million pound projects currently taking place on North East rail lines
The York Press
- HS2 bosses accused of ‘fiddling the figures’ by review panel deputy chairman Those in charge of the HS2 project have been been accused of “fiddling the figures†by the deputy chairman of the project’s review panel.
Yorkshire Post
- Campaigners welcome Transport Secretary's intervention in row over transformation of Victorian railway tunnelCampaigners have welcomed Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ intervention in a row over reopening a disused Victorian railway tunnel. Mr Shapps said public safety has to come first but he wants a “viable solution” for the Queensbury Tunnel and will visit “as soon as possible” .
Other Regional Press
- High speed rail connecting West Yorkshire and London could lose taxpayer £40bnParliament 'misled' over 'out of control' HS2 costs, according to report submitted to Prime Minister
Railnews
- Storm breaks after Berkeley publishes his HS2 review Railway industry sources and politicians have been defending the need for HS2, after Lord (Tony) Berkeley published his own version of the forthcoming Oakervee Review, which is understood to be in favour of the scheme in spite of its sharply rising costs. Lord Berkeley, who has refused to sign the Oakervee conclusions, claims Parliament was misled over the budget, and he also says parts of the scheme are now unlikely to open before 2040.
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