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9 Oct 19
The UK’s infrastructure needs investment but the government’s consultation has failed to provide the much-needed clarity on where the money will come from, says CIPFA Governments Board’s Mark...
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27 Sep 19
Failing to adopt a ‘more joined-up’ approach to planning the UK’s towns and cities will make it impossible to meet the challenges of climate change, population growth and environmental risks.
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16 Sep 19
Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
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3 Sep 19
HS2 could cost as much as £88bn and faces a seven-year delay, transport secretary Grant Shapps told parliament in a statement today.
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29 Jul 19
Nearly 100,000 miles of markings on British roads will be mapped by “cutting-edge” artificial intelligence to make them safer, the government has announced.
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23 Jul 19
Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
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17 Jun 19
Thousands of homes are to be built in rapidly expanding communities following a £142m injection of cash in infrastructure improvements.
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8 Mar 19
Lack of investment in NHS infrastructure risks the quality of patient care, a health think-tank has said.
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7 Nov 18
Many redevelopment schemes in the UK put the onus on corporate profit at the cost of local communities but other countries show there is another way, argues Genevieve Maitland Hudson of Social...
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24 Jul 18
Rail infrastructure in the North will receive a funding boost, the government has announced.
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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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21 Mar 18
Government investment in new-build homes in England has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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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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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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6 Feb 17
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged to create a “Barnett formula for the North” in order to boost capital spending across the region.
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16 Dec 16
The infrastructure investment fund set up by Greater Manchester Pension Fund and the London Pension Fund Authority has expanded to include the funds that make up the proposed Northern Pool of LGPS...
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27 Sep 16
Labour’s shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rebecca Long Bailey has called for pension scheme members across local government to be given a greater say in where investments are made.
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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 Mar 16
Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures
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18 Feb 16
The OECD has urged its members to move away from austerity towards a “new strategy” of exploiting cheap borrowing and increasing public investments, particularly in infrastructure.
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7 Jan 16
The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
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6 Jan 16
One-third of major Whitehall projects due to be delivered in the next five years could be “unachievable” unless action is taken to improve management of the schemes, the National Audit Office said...
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12 Nov 15
Two Whitehall infrastructure delivery bodies are to merge in an effort to bring project management expertise and skills together for the first time.
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2 Nov 15
Whitehall has changed its procurement rules in a bid to encourage the use of British steel in major infrastructure projects.
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30 Oct 15
George Osborne committed to spending £100bn on infrastructure by 2020 as he launched of the National Infrastructure Commission today, with the programme to be partly funded by state asset sales.
9 Oct 19The UK’s infrastructure needs investment but the government’s consultation has failed to provide the much-needed clarity on where the money will come from, says CIPFA Governments Board’s Mark...
27 Sep 19Failing to adopt a ‘more joined-up’ approach to planning the UK’s towns and cities will make it impossible to meet the challenges of climate change, population growth and environmental risks.
16 Sep 19Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
3 Sep 19HS2 could cost as much as £88bn and faces a seven-year delay, transport secretary Grant Shapps told parliament in a statement today.
29 Jul 19Nearly 100,000 miles of markings on British roads will be mapped by “cutting-edge” artificial intelligence to make them safer, the government has announced.
23 Jul 19Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
17 Jun 19Thousands of homes are to be built in rapidly expanding communities following a £142m injection of cash in infrastructure improvements.
8 Mar 19Lack of investment in NHS infrastructure risks the quality of patient care, a health think-tank has said.
7 Nov 18Many redevelopment schemes in the UK put the onus on corporate profit at the cost of local communities but other countries show there is another way, argues Genevieve Maitland Hudson of Social...
24 Jul 18Rail infrastructure in the North will receive a funding boost, the government has announced.
13 Jul 18Local authorities need to put in place 25-year infrastructure plans to deliver economic and social benefits, Lord Andrew Adonis told the CIPFA conference yesterday.
21 Mar 18Government investment in new-build homes in England has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
30 Jun 17Government decision-making over infrastructure projects must improve or risk wasting billions of pounds, an Institute for Government report has stated.
6 Feb 17Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged to create a “Barnett formula for the North” in order to boost capital spending across the region.
16 Dec 16The infrastructure investment fund set up by Greater Manchester Pension Fund and the London Pension Fund Authority has expanded to include the funds that make up the proposed Northern Pool of LGPS...
27 Sep 16Labour’s shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rebecca Long Bailey has called for pension scheme members across local government to be given a greater say in where investments are made.
25 Apr 16A 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.
21 Mar 16Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures
18 Feb 16The OECD has urged its members to move away from austerity towards a “new strategy” of exploiting cheap borrowing and increasing public investments, particularly in infrastructure.
7 Jan 16The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
6 Jan 16One-third of major Whitehall projects due to be delivered in the next five years could be “unachievable” unless action is taken to improve management of the schemes, the National Audit Office said...
12 Nov 15Two Whitehall infrastructure delivery bodies are to merge in an effort to bring project management expertise and skills together for the first time.
2 Nov 15Whitehall has changed its procurement rules in a bid to encourage the use of British steel in major infrastructure projects.
30 Oct 15George Osborne committed to spending £100bn on infrastructure by 2020 as he launched of the National Infrastructure Commission today, with the programme to be partly funded by state asset sales.
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