Hospitals, schools and courts to get funding boost

The UK government has pledged more money for “crumbling” hospitals, schools and courts as part of a ten year infrastructure strategy.

It will spend £9bn a year over the next decade to fix and replace buildings, but is yet to publish a list identifying major projects such as new roads and rail lines.

The strategy is a cornerstone of the government’s plans to put some life into Britain’s sluggish economic growth, and promises £725bn of funding over a decade.

The announcements on Thursday focussed on what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones called a “soaring maintenance backlog” in health, education and justice buildings.

The strategy promised a more rounded plan for major schemes, but the publication of a new pipeline of hundreds of projects has been delayed until mid-July.

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