Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailThe controversial HS2 project is careering off the rails as costs nearly double to £100billion. In a devastating report out today, Parliament’s spending watchdog raises searching questions over the full extent of the scheme’s problems. MPs ask why HS2 Ltd boss Mark Thurston got a £46,000 bonus on top of his £605,350 salary last year, the highest of any Government official. And they accuse the Transport Department’s top-ranking civil servant, Permanent Secretary Bernadette Kelly, and HS2 executives of trying to pull the wool over their eyes. The PAC said HS2 Ltd and Whitehall knew it was in trouble by October 2018 but neither its annual report nor evidence to MPs made that clear.

Source: Daily Mirror May 16, 2020 22:07 UTC