Infrastructure plan to see £8bn for flood defence work with strategy to include focus on UK workers

By Daniel Gayne2025-06-16T12:07:00

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Government to ask contractors to demonstrate they will use UK firms and skills when bidding for wider £750bn package of work

Almost £8bn will be spent on flood defences as part of the government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy, due to be published this week with Number 10 also asking firms to show how they would use UK-based subcontractors and labour when bidding for work under the wider £750bn package set to be up for grabs.

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