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FeaturesSignificant, welcome, sensibly cautious but most definitely promising 鈥� the experts鈥� verdict on the infrastructure strategy
We asked members of 探花精选鈥檚 Funding the Future advisory panel to reflect on the government鈥檚 10-year infrastructure strategy unveiled this month and share their views on its significance and potential as a means for unlocking the finance to get Britain building聽
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NewsGovernment signs deal to remove mobile signal blackspots along busy rail routes
Agreement with Network Rail and telecoms firms signals move towards public private funding models for infrastructure upgrades
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CommentThe infrastructure strategy opens the door to private finance
Last week鈥檚 infrastructure strategy put off a final decision about using private finance for social infrastructure until the autumn. But, Joey Gardiner writes, it has still set out an important principle that such schemes are not entirely off-limits
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NewsHS2 contracts rushed into while client needed to make more use of 鈥榥egotiating levers鈥� such as retendering jobs, official review finds
Report by James Stewart adds much of inflation on jobs should be risk 鈥榬etained by government鈥�
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NewsTreasury adopts 鈥榖espoke鈥� approach for funding and governing so-called 'mega-projects' like HS2 and Sizewell C
Office for Value for Money says such schemes, which cost more than 拢10bn and run for longer than a decade, are currently 鈥榥ot set up for success鈥櫬�
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NewsIndustry welcomes government鈥檚 10-year infrastructure strategy
Plan sets out how 拢725bn will be spent on infrastructure over next decade
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NewsConstruction industry 鈥榥ot in a fit state鈥� to deliver HS2, says official review author
James Stewart tells 探花精选 government needs to 鈥榩roactively鈥� build capacity in the sector to avoid repeat of HS2 failures
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NewsCritical maintenance spend to rise to 拢10bn a year in decade-long infrastructure strategy
Chancellor鈥檚 deputy sets out planned 拢752bn investment in infrastructure over next decade
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CommentDevolution can be a catalyst to unlock private finance
As part of 探花精选鈥檚 Funding the Future series, Stuart Howie, principal and head of regeneration at Avison Young, considers the role of devolved authorities in attracting investment
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FeaturesWhy the government is looking to the Thames Tideway project for ways to fund 拢14.2bn Sizewell C
The private financing model known as RAB is to be used to raise cash for the new nuclear power station, reservoirs and the Lower Thames Crossing. Joey Gardiner looks at lessons learnt on the Thames Tideway project to find out why RAB is now all the rage
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NewsGovernment launches National Housing Bank with 拢16bn to invest in delivery
Bank will be a subsidiary of Homes England and will make long-term investments in building new homes
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NewsIndustry demands 鈥榗larity, certainty and reality鈥� from infrastructure strategy as government poised to announce 拢750bn blueprint
Funding boost for Lower Thames Crossing to be included in government鈥檚 announcement
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FeaturesWhat will the Treasury鈥檚 Green Book review mean for construction?
Boris Johnson鈥檚 2020 review of the Treasury鈥檚 appraisal process for government investments led to some improvements in how value in schemes is judged, but a new review commissioned by Labour this year has found that many of the old practices remain embedded. Rachel Reeves has said she wants to go ...
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CommentThe chancellor鈥檚 拢39bn boost buys time for social housing 鈥� now innovative private finance models must help deliver at scale
The Labour government is prioritising funding for grant-heavy, and much-needed, social rented homes while also promising to ramp up delivery to 1.5 million homes a year. Innovation to draw in private finance can help square the circle, says Carl Brown
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NewsFive things to watch out for in the spending review
Tomorrow鈥檚 announcement will have huge implications for housing and infrastructure, but defence and health commitments mean cuts will have to fall somewhere. Daniel Gayne reports
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FeaturesLearning from the land of opportunity: Could a US-style system of low income tax credits boost affordable housing in the UK?
The government is on the hunt for ways to fund affordable housing without increasing short-term public borrowing. A group of activists and researchers believes there is a solution in operation across the Atlantic. As part of 探花精选鈥檚 Funding the Future series, Carl Brown finds out more
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NewsGovernment commits 拢14.2bn to Sizewell C ahead of spending review
Chancellor heralds 鈥榖iggest nuclear building programme in generation鈥�
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NewsGovernment to spend 拢15bn on transport projects outside the South-east
Schemes include jobs in Liverpool, Bradford and Newcastle
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NewsSpending review 鈥榤ake or break鈥� for 1.5 million homes target, influential MP tells Treasury
Select committee chair raises concern over claims MHCLG will face reduced funding as an 鈥榰nprotected鈥� department
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CommentIf I were the chancellor鈥� (or how to finance infrastructure when there鈥檚 not enough money)
Bold action will be required if the government is to deliver on its eagerly anticipated infrastructure strategy. Some kind of public-private partnership could well be the best way forward, writes聽Beth West