The economic benefits of the planned High Speed 2 rail link are unclear, the National Audit Office has found. An NAO report expressed "reservations" about promises the line would deliver growth, and identified a £3.3bn funding gap. But Transport Minister Simon Burns this morning said he did not recognise the figures u...
Simon Burns has been accused of lying to MPs over the privatisation of the East Coast...
Labour would offer fathers paid time off from work similar to that given to pregnant ...
The High Speed 2 rail network is a "boy's toy", Cheryl Gillan has said. The Tory MP, ...
MPs have questioned proposals from the European Union to encourage cross-border rail ...
UKIP press release UKIP MEP slams "ill thought through dog's breakfast" and the Government's "arrogant and dismissive response" UKIP Transport Spokesman Mike N...
Alan Reid said HS2 should go ahead even if it meant more Government borrowing in the short term. “It’s important that the Government finds that money [to fund the...
Louise Ellman said there were important questions to be asked about the High Speed Rail plan, and urged ministers to ensure the potential benefits are "fully ta...
Maria Eagle criticised the Government’s handling of HS2 after the National Audit Office said it had reservations about the scheme. “This is a scheme that we ...
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT WMS: HS2 PHASE ONE CONSULTATIONS The Secretary of State for Transport (Patrick McLoughlin): The Government has today published two docume...
16/05/2013 on Daybreak, ITV1
16/05/2013 on Daybreak, ITV1
16/05/2013
