Putting infrastructure financing on a long term footing - invitation only
Speaker: Tim Stone, Chairman, Global Infrastructure Projects, Corporate Finance, KPMG. He is also Expert Chair, Office for Nuclear Development, DEC, and Senior Adviser to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Respondent: Bridget Rosewell, Chair of Volterra Consulting. She is the Consultant Chief Economic Adviser to the GLA and a 2020 Commissioner
Chair: Ben Lucas, Director of the 2020 Public Services Trust
We are facing cuts of up to 20% per year capital spending on infrastructure, taking us back to pre-PFI days, and yet we have some big issues ahead of us. Alongside, pressure on existing infrastructure, we must also tackle crossrail, energy supply, climate change, high speed rail, the next stage of broadband. On what basis should we take infrastructure decisions and how should we balance short term savings against long term needs? We need to get infrastructure right if we are to support UK growth while balancing the books. So, what are our financing options: from taxation to bonds, how should we fund our infrastructure to maintain competitiveness and resilience?
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