Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 'Crumbling' hospitals, schools and courts to get funding boost

The announcements on Thursday focussed on what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones called a "soaring maintenance backlog".

* The UK government has pledged £9bn per year over 10 years to fix and replace "crumbling" hospitals, schools, courts, and other buildings.
* The total investment will be £725bn, with £500m going towards environmental planning reforms, £8bn for flood defences, and £1bn for repairing roads and bridges.
* Almost £39bn will be spent on affordable homes, and £15.6bn on regional transport projects.
* A list of major projects, including new roads and rail lines, is expected to be published in mid-July, along with a map showing the locations of the projects.
* The government has also announced plans for public-private partnerships and will report back by the autumn Budget.
* The Chancellor said that "crumbling public buildings are a sign of the decay" caused by a lack of planning and investment.
* Conservative shadow minister Richard Fuller accused the previous government of having to deal with economic disruptions, including Covid and Ukraine, which affected spending on capital projects.
  >>