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...
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.
Government investment in new-build homes in England has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Government decision-making over infrastructure projects must improve or risk wasting billions of pounds, an Institute for Government report has stated.
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...
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.
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.
Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures
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.
The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
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...
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.
Campaigners have called for a government-backed road scheme in Norfolk to be scrapped after it was confirmed that the cost had increased by one-fifth to £180m.
The UK’s so-called productivity puzzle can be partly explained by a shift in the economy towards low-skilled, low-paid sectors such as food and accommodation, the Institute for Public Policy Research...
A new transport strategy for the north of England has been set out by government and councils today, including options for a £65bn upgraded network of high-speed lines to boost connectivity across...
