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High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd Executive Chair, Sir Jon Thompson, responds to the nineteenth Residents' Commissioner's report.

• Updated: 1 February 2024

Refreshed leadership team to propel the construction of HS2 while ensuring costs are kept under control.

• Updated: 14 June 2023

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the twenty-fourth Construction Commissioner’s report published in March 2023.

• Updated: 11 April 2023

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the twenty-third Construction Commissioner’s report published in December 2022.

• Updated: 15 February 2023

Sir Jonathan Thompson appointed as Chair of HS2 Ltd.

• Updated: 9 February 2023

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second Construction Commissioner’s report published in March 2022, June 2022 and September 2022.

• Updated: 7 December 2022

The criteria for the role of HS2 Chair have been updated to appeal to leaders from a wider field of sectors and backgrounds.

• Updated: 9 March 2022

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the seventeenth Construction Commissioner’s report published in June 2021.

• Updated: 3 March 2022

The HS2 Construction Commissioner has been reappointed and will continue to investigate unresolved disputes and provide independent advice on making a complaint.

• Updated: 15 December 2021

Tom Harris appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the High Speed 2 (HS2) Limited Board.

• Updated: 9 August 2021

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the sixteenth Construction Commissioner’s report published in March 2021.

• Updated: 27 July 2021

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the fifteenth Construction Commissioner’s report published in December 2020.

• Updated: 4 March 2021

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the fourteenth Construction Commissioner’s report published in August 2020.

• Updated: 26 November 2020

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the twelfth Construction Commissioner’s report published in March 2020.

• Updated: 7 July 2020

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd responds to the eleventh Construction Commissioner’s report published in January 2020.

• Updated: 9 April 2020

As highlighted by the Secretary of State, during the Oakervee Review we must strike a sensible balance between keeping the programme on track, and recognising that some works cannot be undone.

• Updated: 2 October 2019

Announces release of the HS2's Chairman's stocktake report and explains that the HS2 review will report back in Autumn 2019.

• Updated: 3 September 2019

Young people in Chesterfield have been given a hands-on insight into engineering and construction on Britain’s new railway, HS2.

• Updated: 23 August 2019

A bride and groom in Cheshire have thanked contractors working on Britain’s new high speed railway, after coming to the rescue on the eve of their wedding.

• Updated: 26 July 2019

HS2 Ltd marks International Women in Engineering Day with new video. Initiatives launched to encourage more women into engineering. Recognised as the most gender-inclusive employer. Most recent intake of apprentices was 43 p…

• Updated: 21 June 2019