Sentences with phrase «national infrastructure commission»

He sees the model put forward by Sir John Armitt in 2013 as a potential solution; the creation of a National Infrastructure Commission tasked with taking a long - term view.

We're delighted to announce that Jennifer Holgate is to become a member of the National Infrastructure Commission's new Young Professionals Panel (YPP).

The move toward flexible energy use is supported by the National Infrastructure Commission.

The Government's National Infrastructure Commission has warned that Britain is languishing in the digital slow lane with 80 per cent of rural premises in My busy work schedule leaves very little time for dating and even less time for an endless online searches.

The Government's National Infrastructure Commission has warned that Britain is languishing in the digital slow lane with 80 per cent of rural premises in

Given that Andrew Adonis's recommendations from National Infrastructure Commission will get great big lumps of real hard cash thrown behind them tomorrow, the understated rebels are going to have to do something special to persuade colleagues that they can offer a viable alternative.

The Chancellor will say he is committed to a raft of projects recommended by the Lord Adonis - led National Infrastructure Commission, which demands improvements in rail links in the North in a report published today.

The Chancellor will say he is committed to a raft of projects recommended by the Lord Adonis - led National Infrastructure Commission; Lord Adonis inspects the Crossrail 2 work last week

Lord Adonis, the former Labour minister who is chairman of Mr Osborne's National Infrastructure Commission, today said new infrastructure spending was not just «jam tomorrow».

Osborne is making a naked plea to Labour and swing voters with initiatives like the Northern Powerhouse, and a National Infrastructure Commission led by Lord Adonis.

Lord Adonis, the former Labour Cabinet minister who was brought in by Cameron last year to lead the National Infrastructure Commission, gave a scathing report on the Government's dithering.

As well as his role in the Lords, he spends three days a week as chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, for which he earns — «complete transparency» — # 85,000, the pro rata rate (# 142,000) of a permanent secretary, the same as his preferred salary for a vice-chancellor.

Party figures point to the National Infrastructure Commission - an arms - length body which would take a «strategic» approach to Wales» infrastructure and have access to new financial resources - as a significant achievement and something that was not in Labour's manifesto.

The parties have said they would establish a new National Infrastructure Commission and a Welsh development bank.

David Quarmby also told the Luncheon that never have we needed a vision for our future infrastructure more than we do now, and welcomed the National Infrastructure Commission's consultation on its first National Infrastructure Assessment.

Planning improvements should be a priority of the National Infrastructure Commission.»

He is expected to continue in his role as chair of the National Infrastructure Commission if he ends up being appointed Deputy Mayor of Transport by Sadiq Khan, who was named as London's new Mayor last Friday.

One leading industry group described Lord Adonis as «an outstanding advocate for infrastructure» and added that if Lord Adonis was to be handed the position of Deputy Mayor of Transport, he would be «the right choice, given his role with the National Infrastructure Commission, his love of the subject and knowledge to back that up».

George Osborne has persuaded Lord Adonis to resign the Labour whip in order to chair an independent National Infrastructure Commission.

I am pleased to accept the Chancellor's invitation to establish the National Infrastructure Commission as an independent body able to advise Government and Parliament on priorities.

Lord Adonis, who was transport secretary under Gordon Brown between 2009 and 2010, has chaired the National Infrastructure Commission since 2015.

This included, free child care, increased apprenticeships, a National Infrastructure Commission, a Welsh Development Bank and a New Treatment Fund.

• Andrew Adonis is a Labour peer, former transport secretary and former chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission

The Blairite peer's decision to resign the Labour Party whip and lead a National Infrastructure Commission for George Osborne is entirely consistent with his previous political behaviour.

Andrew Adonis, the former transport secretary and now chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, said the early termination of Stagecoach's East Coast contract «looks set to be the worst transport scandal since the collapse of Railtrack in 2001».

«I had a very unpleasant period just before Christmas when the government threatened the National Infrastructure Commission with non-cooperation if I carried on criticising Chris Grayling's bailout.

He served as chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission in 2017, and previously interim chair from 2015 to 2017.

Andrew Adonis, a Europhile Labour peer who previously served as transport minister, was appointed chair of a cross-party National Infrastructure Commission in 2015.

Brexit has caused a «nervous breakdown» in Whitehall, the former Labour minister Andrew Adonis has said following his resignation as chair of the government - backed National Infrastructure Commission.

♦ Ideas for making the UK's road network ready to support connected and autonomous vehicles are sought as part of a competition launched by the National Infrastructure Commission.

Major increases in infrastructure spending will be needed across the UK in the aftermath of Brexit, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and the chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission Lord Adonis have urged.

♦ In related news, the National Infrastructure Commission today announced the names of 16 potential leaders of the future who have been chosen to sit on a young professionals panel to help inform work going forward.

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Monday 16.00 - Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment: Women on Boards, Karen Jochelson, Director of Economy and Employment Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); Scarlet Harris, Women's Officer, Trades Union Congress (TUC); and (at 5.00 pm) Liz Murrall, Director, Corporate Governance and Reporting, Investment Management Association, and Joanne Segars, Chief Executive, National Association of Pension Funds Ltd (NAPF).

'' [The Commission] HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the United Kingdom take action in 2016 and 2017 to... address shortfalls in network infrastructure investment, including by delivering the priorities of the National Infrasinfrastructure investment, including by delivering the priorities of the National InfrastructureInfrastructure Plan.

The commission predicted that some New York City hospitals would close in future years because of high overhead and infrastructure costs and changing national trends in health care delivery.

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has appointed a new chairman and members for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, the Investment and Security Tribunal and Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission.

Then, around 2012, the Department of Energy and NASA commissioned Oak Ridge National Laboratory to resurrect those skills and infrastructure.

Coincidentally, the commission's meeting came just days after the release of a national, K - 12 report that documented, in painstaking detail, the failing infrastructure of American schools.

In addition to her duties as a member of the West Virgina State Board of Education, she served as West Virginia's first lady; a commissioner on the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service; the chairwoman of the Governor's Healthy Lifestyles Coalition and the West Virginia Citizen's Council on Children and Families; and as co-chair on the Governor's 21st Century Jobs Cabinet and the Intellectual Infrastructure of Vision Shared.

Maryland endeavors to become «a national leader in the burgeoning [U.S.] offshore wind industry,» by developing a robust supply chain employing small and minority - owned businesses, and by revitalizing and re-purposing existing port infrastructure (Maryland Public Service Commission 2017).

A thought leader in smart growth, national infrastructure, «green» building and affordable housing movements, Jonathan F.P. Rose chairs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Blue Ribbon Panel Sustainability Commission, which recently released its groundbreaking incentive program to encourage transit - oriented development in communities served by the MTA.