When approval for HS2 was granted in 2010, its budget was £30 billion and work on it was expected to start within a couple of years. A decade later and the figure has gone up to £43bn, then £56bn – ...

Boris Johnson said he moved away from an all-out focus on HS2 in the Government's new rail plan as it was too expensive and would have delayed improvements by a decade. Sign up for the top news ...

The Oakervee Review found that the final bill for HS2 could reach £106 billion. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. Did you know ...

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Boris Johnson has warned Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt they would be out of their “minds” to cancel the HS2 rail link to Manchester as the former PM broke cover to criticise the government’s handling of ...

A former Downing Street transport advisor has said the HS2 railway was “doomed from the start” after ministers revealed they could not confirm if the project was £10 billion or £20 billion over budget ...

HS2 has come under more fire today after the Government is set to confirm that the billion-pound scheme will be delayed once again. The railway line, which was originally set out to provide quicker ...

A great "will he, won't he" of British politics rumbled on today after Rishi Sunak repeatedly refused to say if the northern leg of HS2 will be scrapped. Asked on "BBC Breakfast" whether he was set to ...

Transport secretary Louise Haigh has admitted that the costs of HS2 continue to spiral as she announced plans to “get the project back under control” with another independent review, say Jim Pickard ...