No, it was the Treasury that insisted on shifting all risk in the construction contracts onto the contractors, meaning that they promptly turned around and got quotes to insure against said risk (no … (View Post)

I suspect the cost of HS2 has been roughly doubled by Treasury shenanigans alone. If we were serious about infrastructure investment in this country then it wouldn’t cost us any where near as much. (View Post)

It would be kind of ironic if, once again, a Conservative government starts governing in a sane fashion just in time to usher in a Labour government who get to take advantage of their prudence. Once … (View Post)

We know the answer to this one already sadly. (View Post)

A pointless bung to the fossil fuel industry. (View Post)