you know, goods will not flow as smoothly as they do because it is important to remember hs2 is notjust about passengers, it is about free capacity on the network for freight trains, and if those benefits do not flow into the future, the economy will simply not grow at the speed that it would have done if we had an infrastructure in this country that is fit for purpose. but to its critics, the longer it takes, the more questions arise about its cost and efficiency, with some still wondering whether it will actually happen as billed. we did invite hs2 tojoin us, but they declined. i m nowjoined by lord berkeley, who was appointed deputy chair of the government s oakervee review into high speed 2, and henri murison, chief executive at the northern powerhouse partnership. lord berkeley, you are a labour
Pausing HS2 work at Euston shows the government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the station despite more than eight years of planning, MPs have said. In a damning report, the public accounts committee told the Department for Transport (DfT) it needs to “finally establish” its expec