Infrastructure

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UK water industry review urges improved environmental regulation

A government review of the privatised water industry in England and Wales has set out interim findings for reform of the sector, including a need to improve regulation. The Independent […]

Power to the people: Britain’s new state-owned energy firm

The UK’s new energy secretary Ed Miliband, a former Labour leader who has long championed the net zero agenda, has just set up a state-owned energy firm – reversing privatisation’s […]
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Borrowing back better: how to finance major infrastructure projects

There is increasing awareness that if infrastructure projects are to be successful, they must be climate-friendly, resilient and primed for connectivity. And as the audience of a Global Government Forum […]
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US federal government tasked with delivering Biden’s landmark infrastructure law ‘on time, on task and on budget’

The US federal government “must take a leadership role” in delivering the Biden administration’s landmark US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package “on time, on task and on budget”, according to a new […]

Investing in infrastructure: best practice from Bilbao to New South Wales

Governments around the globe have focused on infrastructure investment as part of efforts to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and address climate change. How can government maximise the benefits […]

India’s awkward journey to infrastructure privatisation

Despite the collapse of its plans to liberalise agriculture markets, India’s government is pressing ahead with an ambitious programme of privatisations and infrastructure leases. Abhimanyu Kumar reports on a radical […]

Dawn of a new energy infrastructure

To reach net zero, countries will have to radically reshape their energy production and distribution infrastructures – reforming policies and regulations in every field from transport to housing. Catherine Early […]

Building for the future: delivering infrastructure for the post-COVID world

Infrastructure is key to economic recovery – but the pandemic has raised big questions around both public sector finances, and the kinds of infrastructure that will be required. At the […]

Fitting COVID-19 into the infrastructure puzzle

After years of stop-start work on a national infrastructure plan, the Treasury made capital investment a key element of the government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda. Then COVID-19 struck, raising big questions […]

Recover and thrive: regulating mobility in a disrupted world

As a new mobility paradigm emerges, governments must support data-sharing between transport strategists, planners, and operators. At a Deloitte webinar now available on demand by completing the form below, experts […]