Infrastructure Strategy: Deloitte’s Point of View
Our response to the HMT Ten Year Infrastructure Strategy Working Paper (dated January 2025)
Infrastructure is critical to the functioning of the United Kingdom’s (UK) economy and the wellbeing of its society. Deloitte advises both government and the private sector across the full suite infrastructure asset classes and across the capital asset lifecycle – we therefore welcome the opportunity to respond to the Treasury’s Infrastructure Strategy policy paper. We recognise that the strategy is a key enabler of change in how the UK plans, delivers and maintains its infrastructure.
We welcome the clear focus on providing clarity and certainty to the sector. Our view is that for the Strategy to be effective it needs to:
- Create the ‘burning platform’ and raise the level of ambition for UK infrastructure
- Publish a clear, prioritised, project pipeline
- Drive data-informed early central intervention
- Identify and publish clear, transparent, and ambitious measures of progress
- Identify a focused number of centrally enabled change enablers.
By committing to an ambitious step change through this strategy, the UK can create an infrastructure system that is not only fit for the future but also acts as a catalyst for economic growth, social progress, and environmental sustainability. This overall perspective informs our responses to each of the five questions in the policy paper.
