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6 Apr 21
The government faces legal action over allegations it designed the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund for electoral advantage.
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11 Feb 21
The New Homes Bonus could be reformed to help councils fund infrastructure in areas with lower land values, according to a new government consultation.
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16 Jan 21
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced plans which would allow the public to convert unused buildings into new housing.
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15 Jan 21
Following the news that TfN’s annual budget for next year has been cut by the government, PF spoke to Iain Craven, director of finance at the group to shed further light on the situation.
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4 Dec 20
The government has confirmed that Network Rail’s infrastructure budget for the next four years will shrink by £1bn, following the Spending Review.
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26 Nov 20
Despite a large envelope of expenditure, the Spending Review has still left some funding issues unaddressed, says Karen Sanderson.
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23 Nov 20
The Scottish Government has launched the Scottish National Investment Bank, the first development bank in the UK.
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8 Sep 20
The creation of an infrastructure bank to help offset lost European Investment Bank funding will be crucial to economic recovery according to consultancy firm Bidwells.
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6 Aug 20
Councils could speed up infrastructure and affordable housing delivery by borrowing against its proposed new infrastructure levy according to the government’s consultation on planning reform.
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29 Jul 20
The upcoming Spending Review will be driven by speeding up decision-making through the greater use of data, according to chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.
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11 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak promised more than £600bn of infrastructure spending over the next five years in his first Budget as chancellor.
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6 Mar 20
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has voiced his disappointment over a delay to the publication of the government's £100bn National Infrastructure Strategy.
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25 Feb 20
The government may struggle to fulfil its plans to invest £100bn in capital projects over the next five years, a think-tank has said.
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11 Feb 20
Boris Johnson has given the green light for the controversial HS2 rail project to go ahead despite admitting that costs have “exploded”.
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13 Jan 20
Continued financial strain on the health service means councils and the NHS must work together to ensure every penny of funding is used effectively, writes research assistant at the Reform think-tank...
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12 Dec 19
The next government should invest in infrastructure and skills, a former permanent secretary to the Treasury has said.
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12 Dec 19
As technology continues to render many business processes unrecognisable, it’s time to take stock of new opportunities, writes John Thornton.
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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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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.