Government

Higher real household disposable income per person

1.5 million new homes in England over the Parliament

92% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks for treatment

13,000 additional neighbourhood officers, PCSOs and special constables

75% of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development

At least 95% of Great Britain’s electricity generation from clean sources

The New Hospital Programme was set up in October 2020 to deliver a combination of health, infrastructure and major programme capital delivery. The New Hospital Programme incorporated 46 hospital schemes, which includes the replacement of seven hospitals built wholly or mostly from Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).

Whole-life cost

£47.5bn

Planned end

05/04/2046

Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) is the Government's long-term programme to further improve connectivity in the North of England as a fundamental part of the government's Northern Growth Strategy. Northern Powerhouse Rail aims to create a frequent and reliable turn-up-and-go railway service across the Northern Growth Corridor (including Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield and York) with regular services continuing to Newcastle, Hull and Chester.

Whole-life cost

£45.0bn

Planned end

31/12/2051

By 2028, the Farming and Countryside Programme aims to deliver: 1) A renewed agricultural sector, producing healthy food for consumption at home and abroad, where farms can be profitable and economically sustainable without subsidy 2) Farming and the countryside contributing significantly to environmental goals including addressing climate change

Whole-life cost

£25.5bn

Planned end

31/12/2028

The Programme aims to replace Airwave, the current mobile communications service used by the 3 Emergency Services and other public safety users. The new service is called the 'Emergency Services Network' (ESN) and will operate over a 4G LTE commercial mobile network, enhanced to meet the public safety requirements for coverage, functionality, availability and security.

Whole-life cost

£18.1bn

Planned end

Low: 01/02/2030, Mid: 30/11/2030, High: 30/11/2030

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a large-scale upgrade of the railway between Manchester, Leeds and York and will provide more capacity, and faster, more reliable, greener journeys. We are investing £11bn in TRU, £7.3bn of which has already been committed. This is the largest rail investment in the north of England and the second biggest nationally after HS2. TRU is well underway and delivering successfully to time and budget. A rolling programme of upgrades will deliver benefits incrementally over the next decade with some being delivered now. It will support passengers by electrifying the 70-mile route, addressing pinch points, remodelling stations, adopting digital signalling and introducing new trains. This will facilitate the introduction of a new, enhanced timetable for passengers, delivering more reliable and quicker journeys between key cities. TRU is developing options to benefit freight by facilitating up to 15 freight paths (using the largest wagons available) in each direction per day across the north of England, the equivalent to removing 1,140 lorry movements a day. Such a modal shift from road freight to rail would ease congestion and reduce pollution.

Whole-life cost

£10.7bn

Planned end

17/10/2041

The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is a proposed new road connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex through twin-bored tunnels under the River Thames. It will almost double the road capacity across the River Thames east of London and is the largest single road investment project in the UK since the M25 was completed more than 30 years ago. As a vital part of the UK’s transport infrastructure, it will act as a catalyst for national and local economic growth. Building a reliable, modern new road that is fit for the future will help connect the nation's busiest ports to the distribution hubs in the North, Midlands and beyond. It will improve network resilience and the performance of the existing crossings at Dartford, transforming the regional and national road network. The LTC will open up new markets for businesses and create tens of thousands of new jobs and hundreds of apprenticeships during its construction. At Autumn Budget 2025 it was confirmed that the Government's preferred financing option at this stage of the project is the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model which will allow for a regulated private entity to finance, build, operate, and maintain the asset under long-term oversight by an independent regulator. Under the RAB model, operations of the Dartford Crossing would transfer to a new regulated private sector entity, which would be responsible for operating and maintaining both the Dartford Crossing and the new LTC. The project therefore now incorporates the work required to create the legislative, regulatory and commercial framework for the RAB model.

Whole-life cost

£9.9bn

Planned end

31/07/2035

The Remediation Portfolio’s overarching strategic objective is to bring all buildings over 11 metres affected by unsafe cladding up to the minimum life-safety standard quickly, completely, proportionately and consistently. Its objectives are to identify all affected buildings, remediate them at pace and ensure those responsible pay, thereby protecting the taxpayer. These objectives are underpinned by four operating principles: supporting residents, remediating to the right standards, delivering value for money and taking a risk-based approach. Remediation funding above the Government’s capped £5.15bn contribution will be recouped from industry.

Whole-life cost

£9.7bn

Planned end

31/03/2036

The second hydrogen allocation round 2 (HAR2) is a competitive allocation round designed to provide long term revenue support via the Hydrogen Production Business Model to hydrogen production projects. In alignment with HAR1, HAR2 aims to unlock private investment, accelerate early hydrogen deployment and support the growth of hydrogen supply chains, whilst contributing to long term decarbonisation and energy system resilience. The Hydrogen Production Business Model (HPBM) is designed to provide revenue support to low carbon hydrogen producers once their project is operational, helping them to overcome the operating cost gap between low carbon hydrogen and high carbon fossil fuels. HAR2 contract allocation is pending, with 27 projects shortlisted and the due diligence phase now complete. The round aims to significantly scale up the UK’s green economy, with successful projects expected to be operational in the coming years.

Whole-life cost

£9.4bn

Planned end

31/12/2041