TRADE unionists called on the government to bring “certainty” to the railway industry today after a new report said there was no way of knowing how much the final cost of HS2 will be.
A report from National Audit Office warned yesterday that it was impossible to “estimate with certainty” the final cost of the long-delayed rail project.
Last week, a government-commissioned report claimed that the cost may be to the tune of £106 billion.
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
RMT’s former president ALEX GORDON explains why his union supports defence diversification and a just transition for workers in regions dependent on military contracts, and calls on readers to join CND’s demo against nuclear-armed submarines on June 7
Our groundbreaking report reveals how private rail companies are bleeding millions from public coffers through exploitative leasing practices — but we have the solutions, writes Aslef Scottish organiser KEVIN LINDSAY



