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Can Sir David Higgins rein back HS2’s runaway budget?

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  1. The most effective use of the money is not to spend it on HS2. The amount of contingency reflects the level of uncertainty about the project. Sure we can reduce the contingency levels to make it fit a budget as part of the approval beauty parade. But as sure as night follows day, the money will still be spent.

    There are significant problems in the UK of a very basic nature such as poverty, education, health and the associated social issues that arise. If we in this country had any semblance of humanity and compassion we would spare no effort in resolving this. The well worn-out argument that investment provides opportunity is myopic and is not a solution for such issues; we can see this all over the world. Issues such as this convince me that our form of democracy is dysfunctional and serves nothing but the vested interest of those who control the wealth of nations.

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