UK Publishes 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy

The UK government has provided welcome clarity on its direction of travel for the next 10 years with the publication in June 2025 of the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, the Modern Industrial Strategy and various sector plans, including Clean Energy Industries. Taken together, these give a clearer picture of the government's priorities, the funding it will provide and the areas where it will be relying on the private sector. This Insight looks at the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy. A separate Insight looks at the Industrial Strategy and the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan.

The 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy is the first time the UK has set out a long term strategy that brings together economic infrastructure (transport, energy, water and wastewater, waste, digital and flood risk management) with housing and social infrastructure (hospitals, schools and colleges, and prisons and courts). The government will fund at least £725 billion of economic and social