Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High-speed rail between London and Birmingham may never be delivered because the government and HS2 lack “the skills or capacities ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The total cost of HS2 may end up being closer to £80 billion, the Public Accounts Committee said - Aaron Chown/PA HS2 has become a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Construction on the UK's high-speed rail line took a step forward this ...

A new price tag: up to between £87.7bn and £102.7bn in 2025 prices – in 2011, it was initially estimated to cost £32.7bn Previous governments were blamed for a "litany of failure" on HS2, amid years ...

HS2 will be further delayed and ultimately cost more than £100bn, critics have claimed, after it emerged only a third of the preparatory work needed for the line is complete. Just 15 of the 310 ...

Upgrading the UK's electricity grid is a vastly complex project. I hope the government's learned from HS2, writes John Lazar.

Bosses at HS2 dined out on meals costing the taxpayer more than £500 a time, The Independent can reveal, as it emerged that the cost of the beleaguered project could spiral to more than £100 billion.

When Britain cut back a planned high-speed rail line, some residents on the route were pleased. They’re less delighted with what happened next. By Stephen Castle Reporting from Whitmore, England, near ...