Government decision-making over infrastructure projects must improve or risk wasting billions of pounds, an Institute for Government report has stated.
The government’s deal for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has locked taxpayers and consumers into a risky and expensive project with uncertain benefits, auditors have warned.
Andrew Warwick-Thompson has been appointed chief executive of LGPS Central, which manages £40bn worth of assets for nine midlands-based Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.
Local enterprise partnerships helped generate more than £7bn in private sector investment since they were introduced six years ago, research from the organsiations has claimed.
The government balance sheet is increasingly being used to support flagging sectors of the economy from infrastructure to mortgages. What are the risks to the public finances?
Whitehall must spend more money on transport infrastructure in the North if the region is to fully contribute to boosting Britain’s economy after Brexit, IPPR North has said.
Last year brought a series of political shocks and upheavals. As that change beds in, public services and social infrastructure will be vital to improving lives
The trust responsible for the delivery of the Garden Bridge in London has issued a grave warning about the financial health of the scheme, raising fears that it may be cancelled.
Almost three-quarters of local councils believe that the planning system is weighted too heavily in favour of developers at the expense of local democracy, according to a survey.
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...
More than £500bn in planned public and private investment is now in the UK’s infrastructure pipeline, according to an update issued by the Treasury today.
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
The Welsh finance secretary has welcomed the increase in capital funding announced by chancellor Philip Hammond in the Autumn Statement this week, but said it did not go far enough.
Chancellor Philip Hammond will not be able to resist calls for extra funding for health and social care for much longer, the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted.
