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HS2 benefits are made up, MPs told

6 November 2013

The £50billion HS2 scheme were ''essentially made up'' a former member of Whitehall's high speed rail advisory panel has told MPs. Henry Overman, professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics said he had quit the panel after he felt its role changed from providing independent advice to promoting the project.

This article was published in The Daily Telegraph on November 6, 2013
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Related publications
HS2: assessing the costs and benefits, Henry Overman. Article in CentrePiece Volume 16, Issue 3, Winter 2012

Related links
Henry Overman webpage
Globalisation Programme webpage
SERC website

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