Investing in Britain’s future Cm 8669 June 2013 Investing in Britain’s future Presented to Parliament by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Command of Her Majesty June 2013 Cm 8669 £21.25 © Crown copyright 2013 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or email
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[email protected]. You can download this publication from www.gov.uk ISBN 9780101866927 PU1524 Printed in the UK by the Stationery Office Limited on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum ID 2570961 06/13 Contents Page Foreword 3 Chapter 1 Introduction: planning for the long term 5 Chapter 2 Roads 13 Chapter 3 Rail 19 Chapter 4 Energy 27 Chapter 5 Science and innovation 35 Chapter 6 Housing 39 Chapter 7 Digital communications 45 Chapter 8 Long-term approaches in other sectors 49 Chapter 9 Local growth and the Devolved Administrations 57 Chapter 10 Infrastructure delivery and finance 65 Annex A Roads programme 71 1 Foreword Britain at its best is a country that invests in the future. For centuries we have been pioneers in infrastructure. We invented the steam engine and the first Underground system, we were the first to split the atom, built the world’s first jet engine and invented the world wide web.