Chancellor unveils new infrastructure commission
CHANCELLOR George Osborne is to pledge £5bn and will set up a new body to mastermind major infrastructure projects when he takes centre stage at the Conservative conference in Manchester today.
The independent National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) will be chaired by former Labour Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, who was policy chief in Tony Blair’s government before serving in Gordon Brown’s cabinet.
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