Almost £200m could have been cut from the cost of buying new trains in Britain over the past two decades if the orders had been planned better, according to Network Rail.
Dubbed the ‘discredited’ way to deliver public infrastructure by Chancellor George Osborne, the Private Finance Initiative has fallen far from favour. But with £200bn of infrastructure funding needed...
Councils should encourage volunteers to be on standby to help clear roads blocked by snow as part of attempts to boost the UK’s resilience to winter weather, MPs have said.
Councils are being passed a repair bill totalling £70m every year due to utility companies failing to fix roads after they have been dug up, a report has found.
Network Rail’s licence conditions should be changed so that senior management bonuses reflect its regulator’s view of the organisation’s performance, says the National Audit Office.
The Scottish government’s record keeping has come under fire from MSPs after there was found to be little information on how the costs of a new technology system for its flagship concessionary travel...
Councils and transport bodies in Scotland have been warned they are storing up future problems after auditors found that the backlog of spending needed for roads repairs has soared to £2.25bn.
MPs have condemned the ‘mishandling’ of a Private Finance Initiative project to widen the M25 motorway, estimating the scheme could potentially cost an extra £1bn more as a result.
Councils have denied government claims that they are axing bus services needlessly, arguing that the severity and speed of funding cuts leave them with no choice.
Some of the highest contributions to the London Crossrail project will come from developers working in boroughs furthest from the line, under proposals published earlier this week.
Scotland’s finance secretary today called on the UK government to introduce a fuel duty regulator mechanism, under which increased North Sea oil income would be used to cut fuel taxes.
Moves to simplify financial reporting at the Department for Transport must not lead to spending information being concealed from public view, MPs warned today.
Ministers have urged councils to do more to promote the use of electric cars, and have taken away local authorities’ powers to decide where charging points can be installed.
Up to £3bn a year can be saved in infrastructure costs if the public and private sectors follow actions set out in a government report, its authors have claimed.
