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A HS2 worker standing in front of tunnel boring machine Karen at the Old Oak Common station box site during preparations for completing the 4.5 mile HS2 tunnelling to London Euston, December 2, 2024
WELSH nationalists are due to force a vote in the Senedd on Wednesday on full consequential funding of the HS2 high speed rail link.
The assembly will debate and vote on a Plaid Cymru motion calling on the Welsh Labour government to support the redesignation of HS2 from London to Birmingham as an England-only project.
This would entitle Wales to consequential funding for its own infrastructure projects, with the motion calling on the Welsh government to seek appropriate redress from Westminster.
Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the political scene as budget rows take centre-stage and Welsh Labour gains a new leader
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
