Overview

• HS2 Ltd has opened probes into two labour firms supplying workers to Balfour Beatty Vinci over claims of staff misclassification and inflated billing.
• Danny Sullivan Group remains barred from new contracts while HS2 investigates its billing practices.
• A second supplier resumed work under enhanced monitoring after completing remediation measures requested by HS2 Ltd.
• The Department for Transport has pledged to scrutinise all whistleblower allegations under its zero-tolerance policy on fraud and corruption.
• Despite completing 75% of the London-Birmingham tunnelling, the project faces ongoing delays and cost overruns that could push the final bill close to £80bn.