What regions can really ‘build, build, build’ with Boris Johnson’s new investment package

Analysis: The £900m 'Getting Building Fund' will barely cover a roundabout in many areas, Jon Stone finds

(PA)

Boris Johnson pledged this week to "build build build" with a "New Deal", likening his policies to the vast stimulus package that lifted the United States out of the Great Depression.

Critics pointed out that what he'd pledged wasn't really new money – but rather a bringing forward of capital investment detailed in the Conservative manifesto.

But even on the government's terms, the sums being committed to local infrastructure projects around the country are tiny.