It is not unusual for the BBC to misrepresent things but Monday’s headline – “David Cameron vows to boost infrastructure projects” – was more misleading than most. His article on Monday was not about government investment but rather applauding the private sector – and so it should be.
The heady times of government ploughing money into public services and infrastructure are, thankfully, largely behind us (with the notable exceptions of the Olympics and High Speed 2 – b