In this video, Michael Watson, head of infrastructure at McGrigors, talks to Legal Week director of research Des Cahill about how best to deliver a 21st-century infrastructure for Britain.

Topics covered include:

  • The report on infrastructure from the Policy Exchange published in September 2009, Delivering a 21st Century Infrastructure for Britain, which estimates that al least £500bn will need to be spent by 2020 to improve Britain's infrastructure;
  • the current models of financing infrastructure in the UK and how successful they have been;
  • whether it will be easier for infrastructure projects with an environmental content to make more of an impact on public support and thereby ease the route for fundraising and public-private partnering; and
  • whether capital markets still have a role to play in the financing of infrastructure projects in the future.