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TRADE unionists called on the government to bring “certainty” to the railway industry today after a new report said there was no way of knowing how much the final cost of HS2 will be.
A report from National Audit Office warned yesterday that it was impossible to “estimate with certainty” the final cost of the long-delayed rail project.
Last week, a government-commissioned report claimed that the cost may be to the tune of £106 billion.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
US General Stanley McChrystal has been invited to advise on creating a ‘team of teams’ for healthcare transformation. His credentials? He previously ran interrogation bases where Iraqis were stripped naked and beaten, reports SOLOMON HUGHES