Property News · November 24, 2016

Don't mistake autumn statement for infrastructure splurge | Nils Pratley


Details are scant and spending is spread over five years, with uncertainty over what government wants to buildDo not run away with the idea that the chancellor has borrowed the clothes of Donald Trump and ordered an infrastructure splurge. Ploughing £23bn into a new national productivity investment fund sounds impressive until you remember that the HS2 high-speed railway, funded separately, is due to cost £56bn at the last count.Remember, too, that the £23bn will be spent over five years, so an average of £4.6bn a year. And note that the spending is weighted towards the later years; in the first year, 2017/18, the figure is just £2.4bn. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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