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Treasury hints at debt rule shift to fund major projects

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Treasury hints at debt rule change to fund major infrastructure projects.

Watchdogs will oversee a 10-year strategy for a pipeline of major projects, on areas such as roads and rail.

New guardrails will allow government to borrow for investment "more efficiently" Comments come ahead of this month ’s Budget and a meeting of the new British Infrastructure Taskforce .

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English

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