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Tuesday, 21 January 2020

BBC News

• HS2: Give me the facts, says ShappsTransport Secretary Grant Shapps faces a

ITV News

• HS2 to make "a couple of hundred" redundanciesITV News Central's business correspondent, Mark Gough, has been speaking to HS2, who have confirmed that they will be making people redundant.

Channel 4 News

• Cancelling HS2 would be one of most extraordinary things possible to imagine new government doing – Lord AdonisLabour peer Lord Adonis speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about what the future might hold for HS2. 

Financial Times

• PM under pressure to put brakes on HS2 after latest cost riseRail project critics bewildered by price but many MPs and regional leaders back scheme
• Stagecoach says UK rail franchise system in crisisGroup is suing government after being disqualified from bids last spring
• HS2 to cut jobs amid doubts over project's futureContractors told to slow down as Treasury examines soaring costs

The Guardian

• HS2 costs could rise to £106bn or more, warns government reviewReport calls for work on second phase of high-speed rail project to be put on hold for six months
• Can the troubled HS2 project get back on track?We answer the key questions about whether the scheme is likely to be scaled back or axed
• Transport secretary ‘was not told of plan to settle rail dispute’Court hears of mistakes by DfT as train operators seek compensation in bidding row

The Telegraph

• Thousands of rail staff trained in suicide prevention as attempts on railways rise sharply since 2014

City AM

• HS2: Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson to make decision on schemeBritain’s business groups have demanded Boris Johnson press on with the HS2 rail line as soon as possible, as the pressure mounts on the PM to make a decision on the divisive project.
• Q&A: What is the HS2 route, how much will it cost and when will it open?Today’s forecast that the cost of HS2 could soar as high as £106bn will come as no surprise to close observers of the project.

i News

• Tory MPs in the North call on Boris Johnson to scrap HS2 and fund upgradesMove comes as major doubts have been cast over the future of the rail project after the cost of the scheme ballooned from £88bn to £106bn

Birmingham Post

• "You must fix HS2, Boris" plead bosses of Midlands Connect and the East Midlands ChamberComes amid concerns cost of high speed line between north and south could escalate to more than £100bn
• New designs revealed for West Midlands' HS2 stationsArchitects have been back to the drawing board for Curzon Street and Interchange and have launched a new round of consultation

London Evening Standard

• More than half of women in London are 'victims of sexual harassment on Tube, trains and buses'More than half of women say they have suffered sexual harassment on public transport in London, a survey revealed today.
• New homes near London's next major railway station upgrade projectRoll out of bed, on to the train and be part of Clapham Junction's bright new future.

Yorkshire Post

• 'Duplicitous' - HS2 review panel member accuses No 10 of spinning press reports on the schemeA senior economist who was a member of the review panel into HS2 has slammed the Government’s failure to release the report into the project and said the finished document is favourable to the scheme.

Bucks Free Press

• HS2 could cost £106 BILLION, says leaked reviewHS2 could cost up to £106 billion, according to a widely leaked government review.

Other Regional Press

• Power cut at Huddersfield railway station - as it happenedTicket machines, information boards and cash machines are not working
• HS2 unveils new environmentally-friendly station design for SolihullThe design has a focus on open space and landscaping

Other News Sources

• HS2 costs could rise to £106bn, says government reviewThe Prime Minister's plans to boost growth in newly-won Northern and Midlands constituencies is being put under pressure - by questions over the cost of the HS2 rail project.