Osborne: government spending review to focus on infrastructure
by Frances Perraudin from on (#S2TA)
Chancellor, who has overseen 5.4% fall in infrastructure investment, to launch national commission for major projects
Infrastructure investment will be at the heart of November's spending review, George Osborne is to say when he launches the national commission for major projects.
Speaking at the National Railway Museum in York on Friday, the chancellor will announce that the commission's panel will include the former Conservative deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine and Prof Tim Besley, a former member of the Bank of England's rate-setting monetary policy committee.
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