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HS2 has spent £37 million of taxpayers' money on properties for sections of the high-speed rail line that have since been cancelled. This includes £25.5 million on 25 sites for the scrapped Phase 2 ...

HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...

Engineers working for HS2's local main works contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI utilised a five-day closure during the quieter ...

HS2 is now generating more than £14million a year by renting out hundreds of homes bought along the route of the cancelled and curtailed high-speed rail project, according to new reports. Data shows ...

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The construction of one of the most complicated parts of the HS2 project took a step forward over the Christmas break, as ...

Two viaduct spans which will form part of the complex Delta Junction on HS2 were completed in late December. The spans near ...

HS2 has published a new set of figures outlining headway made by the project both above and below ground throughout 2025.