The construction of HS2 was always going to miss its delivery target because the plan was rushed by ministers, the government ...

The UK’s High Speed Two (HS2) has completed the civil engineering phase at the Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire, England, the first deep tunnel on the high-speed route to reach this stage.

HS2 will be further delayed and ultimately cost more than £100bn, critics have claimed, after it emerged only a third of the preparatory work needed for the line is complete. Just 15 of the 310 ...