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The National Infrastructure Commission is to examine the resilience of the UK’s infrastructure in a new study announced by the Chancellor in last week’s Budget.

The study will consider what action government should take to ensure that infrastructure can cope with future changes, disruptions, shocks and accidents. The Commission will look at how resilience can be assessed & improved, including through better design & application of new technologies.

Services like utilities, transport and telecommunications are becoming increasingly sophisticated & interdependent. While this has enabled efficiency improvements and better delivery, infrastructure systems are now more vulnerable and if disrupted can have a very significant impact on people’s lives.

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