Once adjusted for inflation, the cost “might be close to £80 billion”, according to the report. The PAC said: “The HS2 programme has become a casebook example of how not to run a major project.

Palantir, the surveillance company founded by Peter Thiel, has unsurprisingly stepped up to fill the void left behind after Google abandoned Project Maven earlier this year over ethical concerns ...

ACF is currently in the process of another revamp to Head Start, for example, proposing that all programs increase to full day and year-round. A public comment period on the proposed changes ends ...

Program providing free college classes to 5th-year high schoolers needs overhaul, ... For example, the report says the state can consolidate programs into one office and create a dedicated fund ...

HS2 is an example of “how not to run a major project” and the Government “must not waste” its latest opportunity to reset the programme, an influential group of MPs has warned.