In a coup to be announced by chancellor at conference,Tony Blair’s former policy chief is to advise on projects such as Crossrail 2, HS3 and power stationsOne of Labour’s pre-eminent thinkers is to resign his party’s whip in the House of Lords after being recruited by George Osborne to head a newly created National Infrastructure Commission.
Andrew Adonis, and Tony Blair’s former policy chief,will sit as a cross-bench peer to allow him to chair the current statutory body that will advise the government on current infrastructure projects. Related: Andrew Adonis and the UK’s real infrastructure needs | Letters Related: The North East needs to smash free from its isolation to grow its economy Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com