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THE HS2 high-speed railway will be headquartered in Birmingham under a huge redevelopment unveiled by the government yesterday.
The Birmingham Curzon Urban Regeneration Company will lead the development of over 140 hectares of land around Curzon Street in the heart of the city centre.
It is set to create 14,000 jobs, 2,000 homes and will reportedly be worth up to £1.3 billion a year to the economy
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
JAMES NALTON writes on the bizarre Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal
US General Stanley McChrystal has been invited to advise on creating a ‘team of teams’ for healthcare transformation. His credentials? He previously ran interrogation bases where Iraqis were stripped naked and beaten, reports SOLOMON HUGHES