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Analysis of the factors that increase the costs of major projects

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The Commission carries out in-depth studies into the UK’s major infrastructure needs and makes recommendations to the government. Our work covers all sectors of economic infrastructure.

"Letter to Chief Secretary on work to inform ten-year infrastructure strategy
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Letter to Chief Secretary on work to inform ten-year infrastructure strategy

Commission Chair Sir John Armitt has today (27 November) written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, to set out the input which the Commission will provide to support and inform the development of the government’s ten-year infrastructure strategy; it is a response to the Chief Secretary’s letter of 7...

27 Nov 2024
Second National Infrastructure Assessment

Second National Infrastructure Assessment

Delivered once in every Parliament, the National Infrastructure Assessment analyses the UK’s long term economic infrastructure needs, sets a strategic vision, and makes recommendations to government.
NIA2: Impact so far

NIA2: Impact so far

Review the effects on policy made by recommendations in the second National Infrastructure Assessment
Julia Prescot: People must be “at heart of infrastructure planning”

Julia Prescot: People must be “at heart of infrastructure planning”

Julia Prescot, Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, spoke at the annual dinner of the National Infrastructure Planning Association yesterday (Thursday, 21 November 2024), explaining why putting people at the heart of reforms to the planning system for infrastructure is crucial to successfully delivering the new infrastructure projects the UK needs to decarbonise energy...

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Funding allocation reforms “step forward” for flood resilience
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Funding allocation reforms “step forward” for flood resilience

The government has today (13 November) announced plans to reform the funding of flood risk management, alongside a review of the existing formula to ensure it addresses the flood protection challenges of businesses, and rural and coastal communities. In response Professor Jim Hall, Commissioner at the National infrastructure Commission, said: “We welcome government’s commitment to...

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Advice to ministers provides “welcome clarity” on Clean Power 2030 trajectory
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Advice to ministers provides “welcome clarity” on Clean Power 2030 trajectory

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has today (5 November 2024) published details of its advice to government on the steps needed to transform electricity generation, the transmission grid and other parts of the UK’s energy system in order to deliver the government’s Clean Power 2030 objectives. The analysis notes that while meeting the 2030...

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The Commissioners provide expert, impartial advice to the government on infrastructure, work with the Chair and each other to shape and develop the National Infrastructure Assessment and specific studies, and engage with a variety of stakeholders to promote the organisation and gather views on future infrastructure needs and solutions.

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The Commission’s publications include a National Infrastructure Assessment set out once a parliament, and specific reports and studies on pressing infrastructure challenges as set by the government.

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