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Unpacking the latest developments in UK trade policy in the month where Boris Johnson finally secured a parliamentary majority for a Brexit deal but the way forward remains uncertain.

The review spans funding the UK’s infrastructure, the tools government use to attract private finance into UK projects, and the way in which the market is governed.

The UK settled into a lower gear at the end of 2018, as the summer boost to Q3 growth faded away. GDP growth in the month to October was almost flat, and business surveys (from both the CBI and IHS Markit/CIPS) suggested that a tepid pace of expansion continued into December.