![Taxpayers set to fund HS2 tunnel under London despite Sunak pledge Taxpayers set to fund HS2 tunnel under London despite Sunak pledge](https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2F__origami%2Fservice%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fimages%2Fraw%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%252Fproduction%252F3687face-a0b2-46b1-b907-051cf5b15858.jpg%3Fsource%3Dnext-article%26fit%3Dscale-down%26quality%3Dhighest%26width%3D700%26dpr%3D1?source=next-opengraph&fit=scale-down&width=900)
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. High Speed 2 is set to get the green light to dig... Read more »
![HS2 launches fourth TBM on west London tunnel drive HS2 launches fourth TBM on west London tunnel drive](https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/HS2_TBM-Anne-560x315.jpg)
HS2 has launched the last of four tunnel boring machines (TBM) to build the Northolt Tunnel. The TBM, called Anne, will bore 3.4 miles from Ealing’s Victoria Road to Greenpark Way in... Read more »
![HS2: Micro power tunnel completed in West London HS2: Micro power tunnel completed in West London](https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/04/Barhale-power-tunnel-construction-1024x683.jpg)
UK Power Networks and Barhale have built a micro power tunnel under the Grand Union Canal in West London to enable High Speed 2 (HS2) future construction activities. The 125m long tunnel... Read more »
![HS2 will boost West Midlands economy by £10bn in next 10 years – report HS2 will boost West Midlands economy by £10bn in next 10 years – report](https://www.expressandstar.com/resizer/QPult9SxIh0ZRKsrUoV_OP41Tzo=/1200x900/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/mna/T6UD5W3G2RACTMXSWCHOQN76OM.jpg)
HS2 will drive a £10 billion economic boost for the West Midlands during the next 10 years, according to new research. The impending arrival of the high-speed railway will lead to the... Read more »
![UK Government mocked for claiming £235m of HS2 money spent in London ‘part of Network North’ UK Government mocked for claiming £235m of HS2 money spent in London ‘part of Network North’](https://nation.cymru/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/01HBQZF3V2P895BMJ47JVG73SJ-scaled-e1703090181955.jpg)
Transport Secretary Mark Harper during the Conservative Party conference.Photo Danny Lawson/PA Wire The UK Government has been widely mocked on social media for claiming £235 million of HS2 money being spent in... Read more »
![HS2 apprentice to take centre stage at London’s STEM LIVE event HS2 apprentice to take centre stage at London’s STEM LIVE event](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/faaaed8ad98447c0800117fef8da6c95.jpg?width=640&height=960)
HS2 civil engineering apprentice, Nusayba Abass, has been selected to play a lead role at this year’s STEM LIVE event, which takes place at the Science Museum in London today (28th November... Read more »
![HS2: Old Oak Common progresses amidst Euston uncertainty HS2: Old Oak Common progresses amidst Euston uncertainty](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/de3f/live/6fa06cb0-7ee1-11ee-a442-0bda1e274074.jpg)
We are standing in a huge construction site, 16m (52ft) underground in Acton, north-west London, inside what is called “the box”. Huge excavators are removing piles of London clay. This is where... Read more »
![BREAKING | Herefordshire Council set to receive Government funding to introduce Bus Lanes and to fill potholes as part of Network North plan to replace HS2 BREAKING | Herefordshire Council set to receive Government funding to introduce Bus Lanes and to fill potholes as part of Network North plan to replace HS2](https://yourherefordshire.co.uk/my_content/uploads/2023/10/73593F21-A73E-452D-9E56-9A4B223029AE.jpeg)
The West Midlands will benefit from more frequent trains, more capacity and faster journeys in a major funding boost to create stronger public transport networks. A total of £36 billion in savings... Read more »