{"id":593855,"date":"2026-05-20T06:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593855\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:16:08","slug":"hs2-delays-and-rising-costs-a-bitter-pill-to-swallow-for-west-midlands-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593855\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 delays and rising costs a &#039;bitter pill to swallow&#039; for West Midlands &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5jalBGeTdvcnVIM2tMZmt0SENlZmZLQ0lCcXE1SGFUYjl0a21xNDg5NDQ4Ykp2Q0hzQnh0TlM5NFhUSUkzOXg1QzVlNmJhZUYwbTlrQXBOYkwwWF8t?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HS2 delays and rising costs a &#8216;bitter pill to swallow&#8217; for West Midlands<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxQYWo0NnZyZ0VPbkpSWDN0VzUxTmtQQlotMHZSclNtZkRyU0VfeEhGY0tWOS0zNVRYVUxmal9zd1N4eERRdTdvZVJHdmxhSE9ZMmJBWFlpY2FmLWh2UFhGSVI1QjJHcUZHWGo5VmZJaTV4cDRFZWFBeXhBM0dWUUdmNVN5YkNTRW9ld05mcm1aUkZPcTExTjVBeThtR29JZVVtdURPQWUwUC1RRmpRLXRCYVdXdnJ0c0dIWWIweXh5ZEd3ODduNFp3eHhkSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HS2 bill could rise to \u00a3102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNTm12TzRZbjBaUkhMYk5ldlgtQ3k1RE5SZHg4Q3A5TThzcHlRYmwwdkRYZGpsQUhEbjMzc25QU0w1N3BkMmt4b1BfNDF6ZjM3SkgyR2QtdmNOT3FZa2pXclF2b3N2TEZ3UGNqN3llUk45VDNIMkZrOXRCT2FweUdHbU15VHB1UndxTXlRMFhjOHdWTmc2WjNkaDUyUk5zQTZOS196RjA0Q0ZSSW45S1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HS2: World&#8217;s &#8216;most expensive&#8217; high-speed rail line to be slower and cost more<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNdXJ6eThHREx3Y1RLS3ZYYjZmOU00NWpxZmdVMkE3clFOVEFsTmd3SjdUYmhtTC1KM1FrVmhzYTBRVEM5LWFsR2xzVHdwS3dMdFh4Nk9pRmN1TW84YXNoLXMyU3NUOTlicGVQRzdQbTUtb2VoZUkwV1hBR2lUbTZOMzJMUHo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HS2 to cost up to \u00a3102.7bn, government admits<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HS2 delays and rising costs a &#8216;bitter pill to swallow&#8217; for West Midlands&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCHS2 bill could rise to \u00a3102bn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-593855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}