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  • The National Audit Office has today criticised the Department for Transport’s ‘unclear’ business case for the High Speed 2 rail line between London and Manchester and Leeds, and warned the scheme faces a £3.3bn funding gap. Ministers have failed to make the case for High Speed 2, says NAOThe National Audit Office has today slammed the Department for Transport's 'unclear' business case for the High Speed 2 rail line, warning that the scheme faces a £3.3bn funding gap. 16 May 2013
  • MPs back Heathrow expansionThe Commons transport select committee has supported the expansion of Heathrow airport, saying proposals for a new airport in the Thames estuary would require 'huge' taxpayer investment. 10 May 2013
  • Non-execs in Whitehall 'underused'Whitehall should be making better use of non-executive directors brought in from the private and voluntary sector, the chair of the Commons public administration select committee has said. 08 May 2013
  • Treasury's 'infrastructure plans costly and unclear'The Treasury's National Infrastructure Plan lacks strategic vision and clear priorities, MPs said today. 29 April 2013

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  • DeprivedUKALAMY The state of things to comeThe June Spending Review is going to slice Whitehall's funding cake so thinly that departments will be left fighting over the crumbs. So how are public services meant to cope, asks Tony Travers 01 May 2013
  • The whole pictureThe aim of the infrastructure code isn't just to help councils finish their Whole of Government Accounts. It should also to help them manage their assets better 01 April 2012
  • Photo: Shutterstock Weak foundationsInvestment in infrastructure is the chancellor's way of providing a necessary stimulus to the flatlining economy. But how does he intend to find the funds without dipping into the public purse or using the unpopular PFI? Mark Hellowell reports 01 February 2012

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