Recommendation 27

The infrastructure strategy sets out government’s intention to provide long-term stability needed to attract investment, boost supply chains and jobs, and take a joined-up view to improve planning and delivery across infrastructure.50 We noted that the infrastructure strategy and pipeline will provide investor certainty and less pressure on suppliers, by ensuring there are not lots of projects going on at the same time which require the same contractors. We reported on the need for the infrastructure strategy 45 Q 47 46 Q 49 47 Q 50 48 Qq 59-60 49 Qq 64-65 50 HM Treasury, UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, CP 1344, June 2025 16 and pipeline in our recent report on private finance for infrastructure, highlighting how a lack of a credible pipeline in previous years has made it challenging for organisations and investors in the sector to plan for the longer term.51