
Britain’s HS1 rail link was ‘poor value for money’, report finds
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sixteen years after Britain’s first high-speed rail service was launched, an official government review into the economic impact of HS1 on the south-east has concluded the £7.3bn scheme provided “poor value for money”. The report,…