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HS2’s boss is right – it’s push on or be rubbed out

Plus: Malaysia’s culture of secrecy, and Oxfam’s shifting mission

David Higgins outside Kings Cross station Photo: Bloomberg via Getty 
issue 22 March 2014
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I’m sure HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins is right to argue that if we’re serious about building a new north-south rail network, we should get on with it. The greater the number of general elections between conception and completion of any infrastructure scheme, the less likely it is to happen.

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