Residents and business leaders have slammed the government’s decision to scrap phase two of the HS2 rail project, saying it would be “the biggest two fingers to the North seen in decades”. Fears that ...

(Bloomberg) -- Completing the shortened leg of the UK’s HS2 high speed rail link offers taxpayers “very poor value for money,” while problems with the planned London terminus and how the new trains ...

The government is in disarray as the row over scrapping the northern extension of HS2 continues to grow – sparking fears in No10 that the backlash to The Independent’s revelations could cost them ...

The high-speed rail project is facing yet another controversy, as reports suggest that the government is set to scrap the eastern leg of HS2 between the Midlands and Leeds. The Transport Department is ...

Nowhere is it more of a mess than between Steeple Claydon and Calvert, Buckinghamshire. Some roads are closed, others lead to depots filled with lorries. Great earth mounds rise skywards where green ...

George Osborne today defied some of Britain's top company bosses as he threw his weight behind a Government 'fightback' on the HS2 high-speed rail project. Sign up for the top news stories every day ...

A man who sold his home to HS2 says he was left distraught after discovering it had been turned into a cannabis factory. Alan Wilkinson bought the four-bedroom home in the hillside village of Whitmore ...

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A planned link between the HS2 line and Stafford is set to stay, campaigners have claimed – despite suggestions it could be scrapped. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed ...