The Green Book and getting more investment into the regions
Think tank: Future Governance Forum
Author(s): Dan Corry
December 17, 2025
This report from UK think tank the Future Governance Forum calls on the Government to change the way that its Green Book is used.
A new report by The Future Governance Forum, ‘The Green Book and getting more investment into the regions’, has called on the Government to change the way that its Green Book is used if it wants to increase public investment in areas outside of London and the South East.
The report recommends the government should:
Do more to promote the strategic case for its investment projects outside London and the South East (e.g. rail in the North) to change the way civil servants use the Green Book
Provide a clearer policy steer to Whitehall that it wants to see more investment outside London and the South East to enable the Green Book to help deliver that objective.
Consider devolving more money (such as capital budgets) to regional and local government and allow devolved areas to raise more finance themselves.
