We must also look at the other end of the funnel. By the time these projects get on site, huge amounts of resources will be released from projects like HS2, Hinkley Point and the highways programme as it scales back. Overall, I think it is a real issue, but one that can be met with sensible planning

I think this is a fair question. Construction labour is tighter now than at any point in the recent past. But it must be remembered that the UK has managed delivery of multiple mega-projects at the same time in the past. And plans announced won’t all be built at the same time

Now due to lack of free movement, and long-feared demographic cliffedge of aging workers actually falling out of workforce. But at same time parts of industry are slowing and general unemployment rising, means it’s not clear cut that accelerated projects would struggle for labour

There is a really interesting discussion to be had here. If I ask our members, availability of people is the single biggest challenge that they face. Yet that has probably also been the case for 20+ years. The industry can flex quite well to respond to demand. Think the issue is particularly acute

Is to purposefully submit challenges that have no chance of success as they fail on obvious legal grounds, purely as a stalling tactic. That is the focus of this policy and it is a good thing, accelerating good projects while retaining the ability to block those that should not be supported

It feels like a lot of people are not reading past the headline on this. The proposal doesn’t stop genuine challenges to infrastructure projects. Such challenges are essential in a democracy and even the most ardent pro-infrastructure person should support such reviews. But what is not acceptable