The Government has today announced the launch of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA), saying it “ushers in a new era for UK infrastructure delivery.”

National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt has written to the Treasury to set out the input which the Commission will provide to support and inform the development of the government’s ten-year infrastructure strategy.

The National Infrastructure Commission is calling on the Government to set clear standards of resilience that infrastructure operators must maintain in the face of sudden shocks.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) is warning that the Government response to the Commission’s study on reducing the risks of surface water flooding published in November 2022. “does not meet the scale of the challenge and lacks the urgency required to meet the threat.”

Southern Water has welcomed the latest National Infrastructure Assessment from the Government’s independent advisers, the National Infrastructure Commission, setting out its latest review of the UK’s water, energy, transport and other key networks over the next 30 years – the National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA).

The Government has asked the National Infrastructure Commission to review the current approach to National Policy Statements (NPSs) and identify how the planning system could create greater certainty for infrastructure investors, developers and local communities.

The National Infrastructure Commission has announced the topics that will sit at the heart of its next major assessment of the UK’s long term infrastructure priorities, to be published in 2023, following analysis of the current performance of key sectors.

The Government has asked the independent National Infrastructure Commission to investigate how the risks of surface water flooding can be better managed, following a spate of inland flooding incidents in recent months.

The Government has accepted the National Infrastructure Commission recommendation to implement resilience standards for infrastructure operators and stress testing against the standards, subject to the outcome of the current National Resilience Strategy call for evidence.

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority has published the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline for 2021 - he pipeline sets out future planned procurements and levels of investment alongside the workforce requirement to deliver the National Infrastructure Strategy.