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HS2: What is it, how much has it cost and how have the plans changed?
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has suggested the scheme is 'out of control'
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HS2: Timeline of controversial project since plans emerged in 2009
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An announcement is expected sometime this week
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'Levelling up promises utterly meaningless if HS2's northern leg scrapped' - Manchester leaders
North West
'We are completely in the dark and that simply isn’t right given how profoundly important this is for our part of the country'
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set to cut off HS2's northern leg to Manchester as costs spiral by £8bn
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The Prime Minister and Chancellor are reported to be meeting to discuss the situation in the coming days
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Construction labour supplier Hercules Site Services secures deal worth more than £3m
Deals
The Gloucestershire-based firm has a blue-chip customer base, which includes Balfour Beatty, Costain, Kier, Skanska, Dyer & Butler and Volker Fitzpatrick
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Cancelling HS2 would be 'disaster' for North and Midlands, High Speed Rail Group says
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'The government needs to kill the speculation and make its intentions clear'
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Government must 'get its head out of sand' to protect thousands of rail jobs threatened by HS2 delays
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Fears delays in big Alstom contract to build HS2 trains combined with slowdown in orders could lead to mass cuts
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HS2 rated 'unachievable' by major projects body
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Watchdog gives cautionary verdict over high-speed rail line which will connect London with Birmingha, the North West and East Midlands
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Changes planned to HS2 project in Cheshire
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Council vows 'our detailed scrutiny of HS2 will continue'
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HS2 viaduct decision deferred as residents slam 'monstrous procession of concrete V-signs'
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HS2 developers say they are consulting with the local community
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HS2 chief executive is stepping down as £61bn scheme moves to ‘defining period’
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Phase One of the project between London and Birmingham is at peak construction
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Plans for HS2 to reach Manchester move forward as major changes proposed
North West
MPs will decide whether the changes are approved
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Political and business leaders meeting in Derby to set out "overwhelming" case for HS2 in the East Midlands
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'HS2 will nearly double the number of jobs in high value, rail-linked sectors within an hour of Nottingham by rail'
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Fresh round of tenders on offer for HS2 trains
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High-speed rail project is on the hunt for companies to work on new trains
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How the outside of hoped-for underground HS2 station at Manchester Piccadilly could look
North West
Manchester leaders are calling on MPs to amend the current plan for a surface turnback station
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Construction labour supplier Hercules Site Services builds up profit
Company Results
Gloucestershire-based firm ramped up provision of workers to major infrastructure projects and secured new clients
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Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan lead calls for HS2 not to be scaled back
North West
Leaders in Manchester and London have made a joint appeal to the government
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East Midlands Chamber says it’s time to call-out Government over chronic underinvestment in local infrastructure
Chamber of Commerce
Lack of investment having a negative impact on regional economic growth, productivity, sustainability and social mobility
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Hull set for HS2 logistics role as European steel giant plans £10m rail terminal investment
Logistics
Voestalpine Railway Systems has won a major contract on HS2
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Comment: West Midlands businesses are stepping up to build HS2
West Midlands
Building resilient supply chains underpins success in huge infrastructure says chief commercial officer Ruth Todd
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HS2 construction delay to save money 'potentially a real body blow for the º£½ÇÊÓƵ's economic recovery'
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The delays could mainly impact the railway between Birmingham and Crewe, and between Crewe and Manchester
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HS2 facing delays due to huge rise in costs
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CEO says discussions with suppliers and Government on finding ways to minimise the soaring costs
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Government 'absolutely committed' to HS2 from London to Manchester and east of England
North West
It was recently reported HS2 might not run to its planned central London terminus at Euston due to rising costs
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'Don't dither and deliver HS2 all the way' says Midlands Connect chief
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Sir John Peace makes plea head of regional transport body's annual conference in Birmingham today
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