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	<description>Driving the debate on High-Speed Rail</description>
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		<title>NAO’s first report on HS2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Audit Office (NAO) has published its first report which they describe as “an early look at the Department’s progress in putting in place the foundations for successful programme delivery”. The NAO looked at the business case for HS2, the Phase 1 costs and affordability and the overall management of the programme. On value for money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rail Minister indicates an appetite to establish a high speed network well beyond the scope of the first phase of HS2.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the first phase of HS2 entered a new stage, Minister of State for Transport Simon Burns held out the prospect of further extensions to this line beyond the current plans to reach Manchester and Leeds. Reiterating the Governments stated aim of HSR as a driver to re-balance the national economy, both in sectoral and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent appointments to Greengauge21</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greengauge21 has recently made the following appointments on an interim basis: John Jarvis, Associate Director. John was formerly in charge of transport at the Northern Way and is highly familiar with the case for high-speed rail and with wider economic regeneration issues Vinita Nawathe, Research Director. Vinita has a wealth of background experience in rail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greengauge21’s response to Queen’s Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcoming the two new bills in this week’s Queen’s Speech, Greengauge 21 Director Jim Steer calls for a genuinely national plan to be developed for high-speed rail (HSR). The Preparation Bill will apply to England, Scotland and Wales and allow expenditure and early progress to be made on HS2. Importantly, it also allows for ‘preparatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With HS2 now to be tunnelled through Ealing, why not use the surface rail corridor to solve a number of other problems?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 23rd April 2013, HS2 Ltd proposed a new 9km tunnel for the section of HS2 between North Acton and Northolt. The original plan was to use the largely disused right-of-way of what was once the Great Western Railway’s main line from Paddington to Birmingham, on the surface. With the need to have a larger [...]]]></description>
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