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The choice for Labour: Senseless megaprojects or jobs? 3 Apr 2013 | 02:45 pm
Writing in the Guardian, two Labour MPs try to make the case for the Trident nuclear submarine programme by arguing that abandoning it would do major damage to Britain’s manufacturing base, putting at...
HS2 – transforming regional economies or a costly white elephant? The verdict of independent experts 19 Feb 2013 | 04:02 pm
HS2 would be the biggest and most costly infrastructure project ever undertaken in the UK. Will it really provide the huge economic benefits claimed, or is it destined to become our next ‘Concorde’ – ...
Lies, damned lies….and HS2 jobs claims 15 Feb 2013 | 08:53 pm
Amid the barrage of claims about the allegedly ‘transformative’ numbers of jobs which HS2 would create in the regions, it is easy to overlook several ‘inconvenient facts’: What does the government cla...
HS2: Maker of some cities but breaker of others? 4 Feb 2013 | 09:41 pm
The announcement of the proposed route of HS2 Phase 2 to Manchester and Leeds has reignited the arguments about whether HS2 would reduce the North-South divide in economic prosperity and dynamism. Muc...
Calm down dears: Will HS2 rebalance Britain? 29 Jan 2013 | 03:39 pm
The release of proposals for the route of Phase 2 of HS2 north to Manchester and Leeds has fuelled a feverish flood of stories about how HS2 will regenerate the North and ‘rebalance Britain’. To take ...
French lessons? Is HS2 a cost effective tool for regional regeneration? 9 May 2011 | 11:14 pm
Ian Waddell Public Transport and Regeneration Consultant Nearly 30 years ago France became the first European country to invest in a high speed rail network – the TGV. HS2 is, at £33bn, the largest ...
HS2 – Questions from all parts of the country 19 Apr 2011 | 08:46 pm
The questions about HS2 keep coming, from all parts of the country. From the south of England, the chairman of Gatwick Airport, Sir David Rowlands, recently dismissed as ‘total nonsense’ the governme...
HS2 -The North versus the NIMBYs? 23 Mar 2011 | 10:49 pm
The Secretary of State for Transport is fond of casting the debate about HS2 in terms of the reactionary NIMBYs along the route versus the progressive citizens (especially business people) in the Nort...
Is HS2 a fair deal for the North? 16 Mar 2011 | 11:20 pm
A recent report by the Smith Institute with PwC and Newcastle University questions whether HS2 is a priority for the North of England. The report confirms the serious and long-term nature of the Nort...
Will HS2 actually widen the North-South divide? 8 Mar 2011 | 11:10 pm
The information which the government has produced for the public consultation on HS2 provides new evidence on its impact on the North-South divide. Philip Hammond is still adamant that high speed rai...
