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What’s missing in the Government’s 10-Point Plan?
- Author: Byron Fay
- Date: 03 December, 2020
A little-known story behind how the work of the Net Zero All-Party Parliamentary Group paved the way for the way for Boris Johnson’s ten-point climate plan.
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Spending Review 2020 – what it means for infrastructure
- Author: David Hawkes
- Date: 26 November, 2020
The Government’s Spending Review set out plans for a ‘once in a generation investment in infrastructure’ alongside significant changes to the way projects and programmes are appraised. Here we take a deep dive into the details.
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Long awaited National Infrastructure Strategy finally published – was it worth the wait?
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 25 November, 2020
The government’s National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) was published today as part…
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The Chancellor must use the Spending Review to deliver an infrastructure-led recovery
- Author: Anneliese Dodds
- Date: 23 November, 2020
Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds sets out the Labour party’s priorities for the economic recovery, ahead of the upcoming spending review.
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£400bn over 10 years needed to build the infrastructure backbone of a net-zero economy
- Author: John Kavanagh and Joe Robinson
- Date: 23 November, 2020
Following the launch of a new PwC and Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) report on financing net-zero, GIIA’s John Kavanagh and Joe Robinson outline why clear policy and regulatory direction is needed to enable this…
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The infrastructure sector and the Government’s 10-point plan for climate change
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 18 November, 2020
The Government has today published a 10-point plan for tackling climate change. Here we look at what this means for the UK’s infrastructure sector.

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Reforming the Green Book in the face of a climate emergency
- Author: David Hawkes
- Date: 18 November, 2020
Following on from the conclusion of a consultation on Green Book reform, ICE has published its recommendations.
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The time to save Scotland’s infrastructure is now
- Author: Hannah Smith
- Date: 13 November, 2020
Much of Scotland’s infrastructure wasn’t built to withstand the impacts of climate change being seen today. Here, ICE Scotland Director Hannah Smith sets out the challenge and opportunity of making Scotland’s…
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UK political parties publish policy proposals for a green recovery
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 10 November, 2020
In the past 24 hours both the Conservative and the Labour Party have each set out measures and policies for financing and delivering a green recovery.
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Adding definition to the government’s ‘levelling up’ narrative
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 09 November, 2020
The National Infrastructure Commission has published a new report examining how infrastructure can support growth in different regions. Here we explore how this relates to ICE’s work in the ‘levelling up’ space.

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All posts (288):

What’s missing in the Government’s 10-Point Plan?

Spending Review 2020 – what it means for infrastructure

Long awaited National Infrastructure Strategy finally published – was it worth the wait?

The Chancellor must use the Spending Review to deliver an infrastructure-led recovery

£400bn over 10 years needed to build the infrastructure backbone of a net-zero economy

The infrastructure sector and the Government’s 10-point plan for climate change

Reforming the Green Book in the face of a climate emergency

The time to save Scotland’s infrastructure is now

UK political parties publish policy proposals for a green recovery

Adding definition to the government’s ‘levelling up’ narrative

Find out more about our public affairs work

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