Filling the funding hole

摘要

Spare a thought for our Treasury civil servants and policy makers. Every now and again, they may be reminded of a time when they turned up for work and the key issue of the day was not Brexit. Outside the hurly-burly of deal/no-deal and proroguing, other imperatives occasionally rise to the surface, including coming to terms with the state of the UK's infrastructure and how it is going to be paid for. According to various sources more than ￡600bn is due to be invested in infrastructure over the next 10 years and the Government suggests around half of the planned investment should come from the private sector.