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From the chronic under-investment facing Birmingham to a case study in dysfunction, this series explores the infrastructure challenges facing the UK
...She warned that the government would need to match developments in transport, housing and water infrastructure with necessary ‘social’ infrastructure — health, education and social care — or risk losing...
...The £78bn payout is nearly half the £190bn the companies spent in the same three decades on infrastructure....
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...Legacy infrastructure matters too. Upgrading the UK’s Victoria-era routes is not easy. And then there’s regulation....
...The UK Infrastructure Bank is providing £50mn debt financing to the project, alongside lender HSBC. The buses will ultimately be owned by a joint venture controlled by Rock Rail and Aviva....
...Germany has written to dozens of countries including Gulf Arab states to plead for more air defence systems for Ukraine, saying Kyiv needed urgent help to protect its cities, troops and critical infrastructure...
...They also cited infrastructure problems and the weather....
...Last year leftwing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made infrastructure a key area for spending, unveiling a four-year $76bn public works programme....
Motorists and cyclists are increasingly outraged by state of the country’s roads
...The head of the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission has said he does not believe the government should tell pension schemes where to invest their members’ money....
...Today’s infrastructure market is more crowded....
...They had also asked for limits to regulatory fines because they deplete cash available to deliver much-needed improvements to infrastructure....
...The company needs billions of pounds of new funding to maintain its operations and overhaul ageing infrastructure....
...The mix of modern convenience — superfast broadband and good road infrastructure — allied with an immersion in nature or slow living, is the “new luxury” people are after, says Christina Deutsch of estate...
...“We can hit civilian infrastructure and all other facilities,” he said. “We have our views on this, and our plans.”...
...It follows concerns that ageing infrastructure and a lack of investment were undermining the effectiveness of the deterrent, a cornerstone of Britain’s defence posture....
...Sir John Armitt, chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, said tens of billions of pounds were needed from the private sector to meet infrastructure needs, including energy upgrades, new hospitals...
...The FBI is “laser focused” on Chinese efforts to insert malicious software code into computer networks in ways that could disrupt critical US infrastructure, according to the agency’s director Christopher...
...Earlier this month, Fink revealed that he had finally found it with the acquisition of a private capital firm, Global Infrastructure Partners....
...South Africa’s crumbling infrastructure is dominating the national conversation ahead of the pivotal May 29 vote....
...If the government is forced to renationalise, the closest parallel may be Railtrack, the rail infrastructure company....
...The planning system also makes broader infrastructure costs and delays far worse....
...BlackRock’s global head of infrastructure and real estate has left the firm following the announcement of its $12.5bn deal to buy $106bn alternative asset manager Global Infrastructure Partners....
...Is there a problem with poor bridge infrastructure in the US?...
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