All posts tagged "National Infrastructure Commission"
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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
- Posted July 26, 2020
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UK infrastructure chief champions city connections – and condemns Brexit disconnections
Linking world cities to smaller conurbations through high-speed rail can boost wider economic growth, Lord Adonis told a London audience this month. But the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission
- Posted November 27, 2017
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Report highlights UK government’s ‘weak’ infrastructure decision-making
The UK government “struggles” to make decisions on big infrastructure projects, wasting civil servants’ time and taxpayers’ money, a specialist UK think tank has warned. A report by the Institute
- Posted June 29, 2017
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Britain to get new Infrastructure Commission
Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer has today announced the creation of a new independent body to advise the government on new infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Conservative party conference, George Osborne
- Posted October 5, 2015
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Britain to get new Infrastructure Commission
Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer has today announced the creation of a new independent body to advise the government on new infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Conservative party conference, George Osborne
- Posted October 5, 2015