Maintenance fund to give £9bn a year to fix schools, hospitals and prisons

The maintenance fund is part of the minimum £725 billion committed to boost infrastructure, Darren Jones said (Alamy/PA) -

At least £9 billion a year will go to tackling the “soaring maintenance backlog” and fixing crumbling schools, hospitals and prisons over the next decade under the Government’s infrastructure strategy, a minister has confirmed.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said £6 billion a year would go to repairing hospitals, £3 billion to schools and colleges and £600 million to courts and prisons as part of Labour’s plans for “national renewal”.