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Revealed: leaked files prove chaos at the heart of HS2

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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will hold regular meetings with HS2 to monitor spending.

Leaked documents say BBV is simply “too large to effectively control’s HS2 project.

Transport secretary will challenge the body over costs and delivery after HS2 was unable to clarify if latest overspend was 10 billion or 20 billion .

DfT civil servants said there was “significant uncertainty’ in calculations which was unlikely to be resolved until the end of this year .

Thompson ’s internal review dated June 22, 2022 , concluded the performance of the four private sector consortiums delivering the scheme was mixed’.

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