The taxpayer-funded body behind the High Speed 2 railway line is mounting last-ditch talks to renegotiate the project’s civil engineering contracts, as it battles to curb soaring costs on the UK’s ...

The government needs to set out its intentions to address rail capacity issues north of Birmingham, an MP has said, as powers linked to building HS2 are due to expire shortly. The legal powers for the ...

A second major rail project has launched an internal investigation into the supply of labour after allegations of “large-scale” tax fraud at HS2, The i Paper can reveal. The TransPennine Route Upgrade ...

A dairy farmer who won a fight to stop almost half of his land being seized for the scrapped HS2 rail line between Birmingham and Manchester says the family farm could be under threat again. John Edge ...

A prominent dog whisperer is seeking over £8m in compensation from the government after his exclusive kennels were compulsorily acquired for the HS2 high-speed rail project. Matt ...

Ministers are preparing to overhaul a £2billion deal for HS2's high-speed trains after discovering the locomotives are the ...

Senior executives in charge of the £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project must regularly assess its cost to avoid huge ...

The £2bn contract to build dozens of HS2 "bullet trains" is set for major changes as ministers prepare to outline fresh delays and cost overruns on the project. The deal, awarded in 2021 to a joint ...

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 ...

The final deck segment for HS2’s Delta Junction viaduct system has been manufactured, marking a major milestone in building ...