HS2 report contractor to HMRC

HS2 has reported a sub-contractor working on the rail line to HMRC following an internal probe into alleged fraud.

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Last month a whistleblower threw a spotlight on two firms providing construction staff to a section of the high speed line.

It was alleged that an HS2 sub-contractor had been falsely declaring self-employed workers as Paye (pay as you earn) salaried staff and charging an inflated rate for them, then submitting "fake" payslips, according to reports first published in the i newspaper last month.

A sub-contractor was suspended from HS2's contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci's (BBV) section of the line in the West Midlands, the newspaper added.