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A new European infrastructure fund has attracted over €500m (£411m) of investment, demonstrating robust demand in the sector. Read more...
Linklaters has topped all tables in the projects chapter of the Legal 500’s latest rankings, including PFI and infrastructure. Read more...
Community Health Partnerships (CHP), the agency in charge of Lift, has confirmed plans to open regional offices. Read more...
The government’s approach to its localism agenda could reduce the control of local democratic bodies, a leading academic has claimed. Read more...
Sir Bob Kerslake is to leave his position as Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) chief executive. Read more...
North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council look set to further delay signing their joint waste PFI deal. Read more...
Education Secretary Michael Gove has revealed the first 16 free schools to be established. Read more...
There has been an "enthusiastic response" from councils and businesses to form the new local enterprise partnerships (LEP), according to the government. Read more...
Education Secretary Michael Gove is “minded” to retain local education partnerships (LEPs) in the 14 sample school projects given the go-ahead last month, a senior Whitehall source has confirmed. Read more...
Parent-led free schools could inspire a wave of new building projects led by private developers – but only once their funding has been clarified. Read more...
London’s east-west rail link Crossrail has unveiled the companies shortlisted for the next phase of the scheme’s construction. Read more...
The number of infrastructure orders from April to June this year fell by almost a quarter, the Office for National Statistics has revealed. Read more...
The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has delivered £111m of savings and benefits in its first full year – but has still not built the schools and hospitals initially expected of it. Read more...
Joint venture AmeyCespa has increased its position in the UK waste market by acquiring waste management firm Donarbon. Read more...
Birmingham City Council has begun selling off some of its assets in an effort to cut costs. Read more...
Ministers have been called on to increase investment in building new affordable housing. Read more...
Local authority pension funds may fill the infrastructure spending gap left by government cuts, it has been suggested. Read more...
Former Partnerships UK (PUK) chief executive Michael Gerrard has formally taken over as chief executive of Local Partnerships. Read more...
A network of private toll roads across the country will not ease congestion, a new report has claimed. Read more...
Private companies should be able to directly run state schools, the head of education watchdog Ofsted has claimed. Read more...
