For Immediate Release
Commenting on the leaked report from the independent review into HS2, Harry Fone, Grassroots Campaign Manager at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
"If these reports are true, this review is in danger of becoming a one-sided stitch up, resorting to old red herrings to keep plans to push ahead with HS2 on track.
"Despite admitting that the budget will have to increase yet again, as the official cost creeps ever nearer to £100 billion, it seems Mr Oakervee has chosen to go over old arguments rather than ask if this project really represents good value for taxpayers.
"With a likely cost-benefit ratio of less than one, the prime minister would do well to scrap this white elephant and use the money to fund big investment in regional transport projects instead."
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Media contact:
Harry Fone
Grassroots Campaign Manager, TaxPayers' Alliance
[email protected]
24-hour media hotline: 07795 084 113 (no texts)
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Founded in 2004 by Matthew Elliott and Andrew Allum, and now with 80,000 supporters, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) fights to reform taxes, reduce spending and protect taxpayers. Find out more about the TaxPayers' Alliance at www.taxpayersalliance.com.
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TaxPayers' Alliance's advisory council.
- The TaxPayers' Alliance has previously estimated the cost of HS2 at between £90.8 billion and £99.9 billion (February 2017).
- The TaxPayers' Alliance launched The Great British Transport Competition to find alternative transport infrastructure projects that deliver better value for money.