The boss of the HS2 rail project has admitted the budget has doubled in five years, calling the increase in costs “terrible ...

Nigel Stevens-Astell lives near the construction site and says HS2 has "affected everything from people right through to ...

Heidi Alexander told the Commons the railway, estimated in 2011 to cost £32bn, had become "a symbol of this country's decline".

The Woodman pub owner said the opening date for the project was "so far in the future it started to feel like a mirage".

A new reviews confirms the high-speed rail line's "original sins" include a technical design, changing political priorities ...

HS2 will be further delayed and ultimately cost more than £100bn, critics have claimed, after it emerged only a third of the preparatory work needed for the line is complete. Just 15 of the 310 ...

The cost of completing HS2 has risen again with a new estimated budget in the range of £ 87.7 – 102.7 billion. The latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Local Democracy Reporting Service HS2 has confirmed that its aim to get trains running between Birmingham and London ...

Britain’s transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, announces huge increase in cost of HS2 and further delays to completing the ...

Labour and Reform UK have selected their candidates for the Makerfield by-election. Meanwhile, HS2 will cost up to £102.7bn ...