Logistics UK responds to the Government's National Infrastructure Strategy

Thursday 19 June 2025

Speaking about today’s publication of the National Infrastructure Strategy, Jonathan Walker, Logistics UK’s Head of Infrastructure and Planning Policy said:

“After many years of chronic underinvestment in the UK’s infrastructure, today’s (19 June 2025) publication of the government’s national infrastructure strategy is long overdue to support the work of the nation’s logistics businesses. Our members deliver all that the country’s businesses, hospitals, schools and homes need every day, but their work has been hampered in recent years by crumbling infrastructure and a lack of priority for maintenance and development.

“The funding for the Lower Thames Crossing and investment in the country’s ageing bridges and tunnels announced earlier this week is a very welcome first step in the rejuvenation of the country’s infrastructure which will directly support the government’s ambitious growth agenda. The government must continue to take a long-term strategic view in its infrastructure plans to ensure that development is not hampered by stop-start processes that have held back genuine progress in the past.

“If our members are to help deliver the government’s ambitious plans for growth, it is vital that this strategy actually delivers a meaningful improvement to infrastructure delivery in the UK, with an emphasis on the resilience of our critical supply chains. The government must now engage effectively with the logistics sector to make this a reality.”

Logistics UK is one of the UK’s biggest business groups, representing logistics businesses which are vital to keeping the UK trading, and more than seven million people directly employed in the making, selling and moving of goods. With decarbonisation, Brexit, new technology and other disruptive forces driving change in the way goods move across borders and through the supply chain, logistics has never been more important to UK plc. Logistics UK supports, shapes and stands up for safe and efficient logistics, and is the only business group which represents the whole industry, with members from the road, rail, water and air industries, as well as the buyers of freight services such as retailers and manufacturers whose businesses depend on the efficient movement of goods. For more information about the organisation and its work, please visit logistics.org.uk