Panorama questions HS2’s budget and accuses company of short changing affected businesses

On 17 December the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme Panorama devoted half an hour to a highly critical analysis of the proposed HS2 high-speed rail network between London, Birmingham and then further north to Leeds and Manchester. After initially focusing on the allegation that the Government’s budget for the first phase of HS2, between London and Birmingham, is wildly unrealistic and will actually cost many billions of pounds more than the current official estimate,...

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