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From Lord Deighton
  • Industry and government need to work together to deliver infrastructure, says Deighton

    At Construction Summit, Lord Deighton calls for joined-up working between government and industry.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Improved infrastructure delivery is on track

    Government is on track to improve infrastructure delivery and reduce construction costs by 15 per cent.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Public and private sector support cutting costs of public infrastructure with new code of conduct

    On Thursday 13 June the government will launch a new ‘best practice’ guide for the private and public sector to make savings in existing contracts for schools, hospitals and many other public infrastructure projects.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord Deighton marks major milestone of work on Heathrow’s new Terminal 2

    Terminal 2 at Heathrow’s ‘One year to go’ event launched Tuesday 4 June – and Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Lord Deighton was there to celebrate it

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Indian finance minister visits UK for sixth annual UK-India economic and financial dialogue

    Chancellor George Osborne welcomes finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram and the Indian delegation to the UK for discussions and a visit to Europe’s largest construction project, Crossrail.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK and India trade and investment talks: joint statement

    The finance ministers of the UK and India met in London Thursday 16 May for the sixth round of their annual Economic and Financial Dialogue.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Drax Biomass backed by UK Guarantee

    Drax Group Plc has announced that private funding for the conversion of their coal-fired power station to biomass will be the first to be underpinned by a UK Guarantee.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech by Lord Deighton: infrastructure

    Lord Deighton spoke to conference delegates about infrastructure in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government launches new guide to infrastructure delivery

    On 28 January 2013 the Government published for consultation a set of guidelines and tools to support public and private sector infrastructure providers' capability to improve the delivery of large scale projects and pr…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government