I had the pleasure of advising and supporting my old boss, John Armitt, by developing and delivering the media and public relations strategy for his review of infrastructure decision making in the UK, published 5 September 2013.
Below is a selection of the media coverage and third party support and responses achieved and available online (Radio4 Today, 5 Live & Sky News interviews are not available) .
Sunday Times (preview): Labour’s blueprint for big projects
Sun on Sunday (preview): Expert: Repairing roads and railways must become ‘a priority’
BBC Breakfast TV: UK infrastructure ‘behind the rest’
BBC Daily Politics
FT Armitt op ed: A successful Britain needs an ambitious infrastructure strategy
FT: Call for cross-party body to drive infrastructure projects
Daily Telegraph leader column: An infrastructure commission is a road the UK needs to take
Daily Telegraph: Take warring politicians out of infrastructure planning, says Olympics chief John Armitt
Evening Standard (Anthony Hilton): Infrastructure is a cr0ss-party question
Guardian: UK needs dedicated infrastructure quango, says report
The Times (£): Labour urges support for transport commission
Mirror: Labour plans independent commission to decide infrastructure projects without political interference
BBC online: UK suffering ‘infrastructure drift’ says Labour report
Construction News: Armitt Review calls for independent infrastructure commission
New Civil Engineer (£): Armitt: independent infrastructure body could be running in six months
Building: ‘Take the politics out of infrastructure’, Armitt says
Building Design: Set up infrastructure commission, Olympic boss says
Reuters: UK needs new infrastructure policy, says Olympics planning boss
Bloomberg: UK needs independent infrastructure commission report says
CITYAM: Business groups want action on infrastructure
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