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Recommendation 3
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The Government should publish its infrastructure strategy as soon as possible, and certainly before it...
Recommendation
The Government should publish its infrastructure strategy as soon as possible, and certainly before it starts spending large amounts of money on infrastructure. The plan must clearly link the Government’s objectives for the economy and the planed infrastructure investment. It should either include an assessment of regional or local needs, or clear principles for Departments assessing need in areas in which they are investing.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government committed to publishing its National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) later this year, stating it was delayed due to the pandemic, and confirmed the NIS would link objectives, include ambitions for decarbonisation and levelling up, and respond to NIC recommendations.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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Government believes that infrastructure is central to our economic strategy. Along with the Spending Review, the National Infrastructure Strategy was delayed to later this year to ensure that HM Treasury and departments could remain focused on responding to the immediate public health and economic emergency. The NIS will set out further details on its long-term ambitions, including on decarbonisation and levelling up. The NIS will also formally respond to recommendations made by the National Infrastructure Commission in their National Infrastructure Assessment which is based on detailed consideration of the UK’s long term infrastructure needs, including across regions.
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