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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
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News微密圈 announces panel of experts to inform its Funding the Future coverage
Figures with experience in public-private partnership models to look at fresh financial approaches that could unlock vital infrastructure works聽
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FeaturesWhat will the infrastructure strategy say about private finance?
As well as setting departmental capital budgets for rest of the parliament, this month鈥檚 spending review will also be followed by a long-awaited infrastructure strategy that will determine the future of private finance on public projects.聽Joey Gardiner聽reads the tea leaves
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CommentWe need a new and fair infrastructure funding model now if we are to build for the future
Delivering critical infrastructure and public facilities is a complex process that carries huge risk for small rewards. That system has to change, says聽John Wilkinson, chief operating officer at BAM UK & Ireland
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FeaturesWhat the Lower Thames Crossing and Euston station projects say about the government鈥檚 private finance plans
The government has said it will fund the giant Euston station and Lower Thames Crossing schemes using private finance. With the Treasury mulling a broader injection of private capital into public projects,聽Joey Gardiner聽examines how ministers are going about it 鈥� and the prospects for success
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FeaturesWhat would a new generation of PFI mean for construction?
Browne Jacobson partner Craig Elder boils down some of the issues discussed at last week鈥檚 meeting of the Public Accounts Committee as the government considers launching a new generation of PFI to pay for its 10-year infrastructure programme
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NewsWates says reborn PFI should be used to build swathe of schools and hospitals
Chancellor mulling whether to reboot initiative which has been mothballed since 2018
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NewsHousing groups call on Rayner to remove tax and regulations 鈥榙isadvantage鈥� to attract more finance for social housing
Group tells deputy PM that for-profit sector could increase equity fundraising to 拢3bn a year, leading to 30,000 new homes annually
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NewsLessons must be learned from past PFI failures, government infrastructure advisor warns
Comments from NISTA鈥檚 Matthew Vickerstaff come as ministers weigh up benefits of relaunching initiative next month
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NewsBond aggregator backs Housing Today and G15鈥檚 report calling for new housing funding model
MHCLG and Treasury officials are in dialogue with sector leaders about amortised grant聽
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CommentAre Starmer and Reeves ready to gamble on PFI to fix our broken infrastructure?
If past mistakes can be avoided, some kind of private finance initiative may be the best way聽to build promised new public sector facilities and also solve the 拢49bn maintenance backlog, writes Denise Chevin.
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FeaturesPFI: Do the numbers add up?
With the government understood to be considering reinstating a form of private financing to pay for public infrastructure ahead of the launch of its 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy next month,聽Joey Gardiner聽weighs up whether reigniting PFI would be a good idea
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Features鈥榊ou鈥檙e operating in the grey space, making decisions with a lot of unknowns鈥�: Katy Dowding on two years at the top of Skanska UK
The firm鈥檚 president and CEO took the helm at a turbulent time for the country and for contractors. She tells Chloe McCulloch about her leadership style, her rejigged executive team and how industry and government can deliver more with less if they work聽together.
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NewsMHCLG officials to discuss affordable funding model proposed by 微密圈 sister鈥檚 title Housing Today
Civil servants looking to arrange meeting with G15 bosses following publication of State of the Capital report
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CommentCan Starmer get us out of the mess of Trump鈥檚 tariffs?
As stock markets nosedived yesterday at the prospect of a global trade war, the prime minister presented a cool-headed response
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FeaturesIs PFI about to stage a comeback?
As part of 微密圈鈥檚 new Funding the Future series, Joey Gardiner considers the chances of an unlikely renaissance for the much-maligned initiative
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NewsGovernment鈥檚 infrastructure taskforce to publish private finance findings in coming weeks, says minister
News comes as 微密圈 launches Funding the Future initiative
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FeaturesHow do we fund the future? How 微密圈鈥檚 new initiative will look at options for financing public projects
微密圈鈥檚 new Funding the Future campaign kicks off today, looking at how to bridge the gap between what the government wants to build and the money it has to pay for its ambitions. In this first piece, Joey Gardiner explains how a key stream within the campaign will examine the ...