HS2 construction giant Carillion on brink of collapse

Sky News has learnt that Carillion, which is building the HS2 high-speed rail link and other big Government infrastructure projects, could crash into administration as soon as Monday.Its fate hangs on the outcome of emergency talks due to take place on Sunday with ‎Whitehall officials.The company has drawn up a plan that would see it being able to borrow significant amounts of new funding from its existing lenders if the Government agrees to guarantee payments at certain stages of public sec