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Quote from Financial Times:

Hundreds of employees at HS2, the state-funded body responsible for delivering the contentious high-speed railway line, have been told their jobs may be cut as uncertainty grows over the fate of the project.

Companies working with HS2 have also been told to slow down work, according to two contractors involved.

The moves came as the Treasury’s Infrastructure Projects Authority examined how to lower the cost of the high-speed railway line, which has more than doubled since its inception a decade ago to a projected £106bn.

The potential jobs cuts are part of a wider restructuring as HS2 moves towards either starting construction — or some or all of the project being scrapped.

Several hundred employees have been given 90 days notice and told to reapply for their jobs or similar roles within the organisation. Although 9,000 people are working on the project, HS2 employs just 2,250 permanent staff, with consultants and contractors making up the remainder.

HS2 insisted the jobs notices were “entirely unrelated to, and predates, the Oakervee Review”. It added the notices were “standard practice for infrastructure delivery bodies as they move from the planning stage to delivery”.

Standard practice eh?