The Latest Breaking News from HS2

There would be a temporary track and ‘turn back’ created at Piccadilly for a period of two years

HS2 Ltd said a pair of tunnel-boring machines have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills.

The Conservatives may end up paying a political price for a project that will struggle to live up to the early hype, writes Sean O’Grady

HS2 Rebellion said all the justifications for the project ‘have gone out the window’ following reports the Euston route could be scrapped.

Reports that the line could permanently stop at Old Oak Common, not Euston, would mean even less value for money from HS2

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said reports of HS2 not being routed all the way to Euston were an example of the Conservative Government failing to deliver on big infrastructure projects.The senior Labour MP, asked about the reports in an interview with broadcasters following a hospital visit to Harlow in…

So there it is, High Speed 2 (HS2) will be coming to Euston after all, rather than terminating at Old Oak Common. It was rather odd timing for the story to be leaked, given that the chancellor was to make a major address on the future of the UK economy…

‘I don’t see any conceivable circumstances in which that would not end up at Euston,’ Jeremy Hunt says

‘We’re going to make it happen’ says Jeremy Hunt