Burnham told to create specific Infrastructure department

Andy Burnham is being urged to create a dedicated Department for Infrastructure as one of his first acts in Downing Street, ending what engineers say is a fragmented Whitehall system that delays projects and wastes money.The Association for Consultancy and Engineering has written to Burnham arguing his experience as Mayor of Greater Manchester makes him uniquely placed to understand the damage caused when responsibility for transport, energy, water, housing and digital infrastructure is split a