The consultation on HS2 has been announced today and it is open for your feedback. You can access the consultation website here. The Executive Summary can be found here; for the full document please click here. HS2 is a sore issue in the Chilterns, and rightly so. However, High Speed Rail […]
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Adjournment debate on HS2 today
THE Government’s High Speed 2 plans were today opposed by Wycombe MP Steve Baker in the Houses of Parliament. Tory MP Mr Baker personally called a 90 minute debate this morning, where Transport Minister Theresa Villiers was summoned. Read the full coverage in the BFP here. a video of the […]
Read MoreHS2 meeting with Rt Hon Philip Hammond
I attended an HS2 meeting with Philip Hammond in Amersham tonight. My impression is that the consultation is sincere and that the Secretary of State is willing to engage meaningfully. However, I believe the government is also sincerely committed to the programme. My main point was that rational economic calculation […]
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From our correspondent and with permission: Dear All, Angela and I have just come back from a trip to Oberammergau. We went via high speed train from St Pancras to Brussels and then again from Cologne to Munich and Munich to Worgle. The fact of the matter is that “high […]
Read MoreHow can we re-think government to deliver more for less?
Via HMT – Spending Challenge, an attempt to “crowd source” government spending: The Spending Challenge is your chance to help shape the way government works. We need to reduce the deficit by cutting public spending in a way that is fair and responsible – and you can help. It could be […]
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