HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped. At least £1m was spent on ...

‘We survived HS2 – now a huge pipeline backed by Rachel Reeves could split our farm in two’ - Peter Oakes faces the prospect ...

‘We stopped HS2 seizing half our family farm – now we’re under threat again’ - After seeing off HS2, dairy farmer John Edge fears Labour’s plan for a new north-south railway line will only continue ye ...