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To: Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport
Stop the obscene wage of £750,000 to the Chief Executive of HS2
Stop the £750,000 salary to be paid to the new chief executive of the HS2 scheme
Why is this important?
HS2 is a political vanity project which is costing the UK over £50 billion pounds of public money - the equivalent of the entire deficit which could otherwise be spent on much-needed services and communities. There is, as yet, no parliamentary authority to build this railway, and this flawed project has been repeatedly questioned and criticised by economists, parliamentarians and the many communities, families and individuals who will be impacted by this most socially and environmentally damaging scheme. Above all, HS2 is a totally unnecessary 'folly' which will see a generation of children growing up surrounded by construction and spoil lorries, and many of our older residents living out their lives in the shadow of the destruction caused to their homes, communities and landscapes.