Review of original train order is meant to prevent service problems north of Birmingham, but it may do the opposite ...

HS2 has been plunged into fresh chaos after whistle-blowers came forward with claims of “large-scale” tax fraud, The i Paper can reveal. The claims relate to the West Midlands section of the ...

Doubling tariffs on imported steel will raise cost of the metal when Iran war is already inflating steel and concrete prices ...

HS2 trains could now run slower than initially expected when the rail line eventually opens to cut spiralling costs. Mark Wild, chief executive of the government-owned HS2 Ltd, said the flagship ...

UK ministers are set to order the management of High Speed 2 to explore last-ditch attempts to cut the cost of the rail project, including reducing the speed of its trains. Mark W ...

HS2 high speed railway trains could be made to run slower than initially planned to keep costs down. The government has ...

The head of HS2 Ltd will report by mid-July on how slowing down trains could affect the project's cost and delivery date.

Dealing with anti-HS2 protests has cost the high-speed rail project up to £80 million, the Government has announced. Environmental activists have caused disruption at several sites on Phase One of the ...

Ministers are drawing up plans for a major new passenger rail line linking London, Manchester and Leeds, with HS2 set to be ...

The link between performance and pay in the public sector has long been severed and the problem is endemic. But few other ...

An early visualisation of an HS2 high-speed train in the UK. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. UK’s HS2 is inviting small and medium-sized technology firms to submit proposals aimed at lowering costs and ...