MPs call for legal action over 'shocking' HS2 payouts

Public body overseeing £55bn rail project ‘lacks basic financial controls’ with outgoing staff overpaid by £1.76m, committee warnsMPs have called on the government to consider legal action against the former chief executive of the public body building the new high-speed rail network, over £1.76m in redundancy payments made in direct contravention of civil service rules.HS2 Ltd, which is overseeing the £55bn project, paid a total of £2.76m to 94 individua