Euston’s future in limbo: HS2 speculation, overcrowding, and delayed decisions

Over the past few days, there’s been a flurry of pre-budget speculation that HS2 will definitely come to Euston, might come to Euston, definitely won’t come to Euston, or might stop somewhere else.
It’s all a bit of a mess. A bit like Euston station itself.
Euston station Oct 2024 (c) ianVisits
It also doesn’t help — or maybe it does — that the existing rump of Euston station is also in the news a lot at the moment because of repeated reports of overcrowding.