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14 Nov 19
A draft copy of a government review into HS2 warns that although its cost may exceed its current price of £88bn, it should still be built.
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7 Nov 19
Kim Thomas looks at whether the solution to the puzzle of widespread project management failures lie in what happens before schemes even get off the ground.
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1 Nov 19
The chancellor has allocated £250m through the Housing Infrastructure Fund to unlock 20,000 new homes.
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14 Aug 19
Local authorities in England are receiving requests to fix potholes every 46 seconds, figures have revealed.
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15 Feb 19
London’s failed Garden Bridge project cost the taxpayer £43m in total, figures have shown.
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24 Jul 18
Public private partnerships need to be managed actively and effectively throughout the life of the contract if value is to be realised, says Morag Baird of the Global Infrastructure Hub
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13 Jul 18
Local authorities need to put in place 25-year infrastructure plans to deliver economic and social benefits, Lord Andrew Adonis told the CIPFA conference yesterday.
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11 Jun 18
Local authorities are demanding that the government clarifies how it will fund infrastructure after the UK loses billions of pounds from the European Investment Bank following Brexit.
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23 Mar 18
Scotland faces long-term reductions in regeneration funding after Brexit and could be asked to pay its share of the UK’s divorce bill, delegates at the CIPFA Scotland conference have heard.
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1 Nov 17
The government must not forget its promise to improve northern infrastructure if it wants to unlock the economic potential of the region, says Joe Anderson.
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20 Sep 17
Whitehall needs to improve its cost benefit analysis or risk losing value from its £250bn infrastructure project pipeline, the Institute for Government has warned.
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18 Aug 17
The Garden Bridge highlights the flaws in government infrastructure decision-making, says Graham Atkins of the Insittute for Government. He outlines three key lessons for the future.
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18 Jul 17
Most major government projects are rated ‘amber’ in terms of delivery risk, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s annual report has shown.
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30 Jun 17
Government decision-making over infrastructure projects must improve or risk wasting billions of pounds, an Institute for Government report has stated.
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26 Jun 17
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7 Apr 17
The £200m Garden Bridge project does not offer taxpayers value for money and should be scrapped, a review by Margaret Hodge has concluded.
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29 Nov 16
Facts and figures from the December 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine on infrastructure, state pensions, the benefits of buses, and crime big and small
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23 Nov 16
Philip Hammond has pledged a real terms doubling of the government’s annual spending on housing through a £2.3bn fund unveiled in the Autumn Statement today.
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7 Nov 16
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has named Matthew Vickerstaff as its deputy chief executive and the new role of head of the project finance profession within government.
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13 Oct 16
The National Infrastructure Commission will in January become an executive agency of the Treasury with its own budget, chancellor Philip Hammond has said.
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31 Aug 16
The National Audit Office is investigating London’s new £4.2bn ‘super sewer’, over concerns around the project’s structural impact and its unusual funding model, it has been reported.
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8 Aug 16
The government should revise its infrastructure strategy to prioritise investment in the North of England in order to promote growth and prosperity, a think tank has said.
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25 May 16
Hundreds of infrastructure projects are in the pipeline for the next five years. However, some have become mired in delays, and more are needed beyond 2021 to inspire industry confidence
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25 Apr 16
A pensions investment initiative, which includes two council schemes, has set out its first £125m funding plan as part of a drive to boost infrastructure investment.
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21 Apr 16
The government would be prepared to take a stake of up to 25% in a takeover deal for the UK business of Tata Steel, Sajid Javid has announced today.