Get on and build new infrastructure, industry tells Boris Johnson

By Dave Rogers and Jordan Marshall2019-07-23T12:58:00

Calls come as worries grow about new PM's commitment to schemes like HS2 and Heathrow expansion

New prime minister Boris Johnson has been told to stick to existing government policy on schemes like HS2 and expanding Heathrow Airport when he formally takes over the keys to 10 Downing Street tomorrow.

The former London mayor – whose Foster + Partners-designed plans for an alternative to Heathrow off the Kent coast dubbed ‘Boris Island’ were dumped four years ago by a commission into expanding the country’s airports capacity – beat remaining leadership rival, foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to become the country’s new prime minister.

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