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Public Accounts Committee demands ‘mega project’ definition

Parliament’s  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has welcomed news that the Treasury will implement in full recommendations from the Office for Value for Money (OVFM) concerning governance and budgeting arrangements for mega projects. 

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Vision for publicly-owned clean energy developments

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has set out his vision for Great British Energy (GBE), the UK’s publicly-owned clean power company. GBE is to develop, invest in and own clean energy projects, working in tandem with the private sector and devolved governments. 

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Consultation opens on infrastructure planning

Consultation has been opened by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) on measures to speed up consents for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).   

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News in Brief: October 2025

Construction is on the brink of a digital transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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Fewer firms declining tender invitations, says survey

Gleeds’ UK Market Report for Q3 2025 says the construction industry in the UK presents a fragile but cautiously stabilising picture.

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Record number of major infrastructure projects approved

The government says it has given the go ahead to the largest number of major infrastructure projects in the first year of a Parliament in history, with 21 major infrastructure planning decisions made in the government’s first year in power.

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Company and director found guilty of health and safety breaches after six feet fall kills worker

A shop sign making and fitting company and its director have been fined after an employee fell from an unguarded scaffolding tower and died from his injuries.

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Government accepts PAC recommendations on private finance for infrastructure

Government’s response to the Public Accounts Committee report on private finance for infrastructure, published in July, accepts the committee’s criticism that the then current infrastructure pipeline was ‘not credible and does not support long-term planning for investors’.

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Market shaping should be embedded in public procurement, says competition authority report

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has responded to the Treasury consultation on public procurement with a proposal to embed ‘market shaping’ in public procurement processes.

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Call to scrap VAT on retrofitting to support circular economy strategy

The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) is calling on government and industry to put the circular economy at the heart of UK infrastructure delivery.

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