Lloyds Banking : UK should treat infrastructure investment with a national security mindset – marketscreener.com

Lloyds Banking : UK should treat infrastructure investment with a national security mindset  marketscreener.com

Lloyds Banking Group calls for resilience to be built into infrastructure planning, financing and long-term business decisions. Public guarantees and private capital could… 22 September 2026: Stronger partnerships and smarter risk-sharing between government, finance, investors and asset owners are crucial to building greater resilience into the UK's ageing infrastructure, according to a new report from Lloyds Banking Group. The call for action follows estimates from the Climate Change Committee that the UK faces an annual gap of around £11 billion of climate adaption investment needed as extreme heat, flooding and drought place growing pressure on essential infrastructure. Lloyds says resilience should be built into infrastructure planning and financing from the outset, rather than added after damage or disruption has occurred.

It is calling for wider use of public guarantees, private capital and risk-sharing structures to support investment across water, energy and the built environment. "Ageing infrastructure and competing pressures on public finances are exposing a resilience challenge that the UK cannot afford to ignore. To support long-term prosperity, we should treat resilient infrastructure with a national security mindset. Emerging finance models, particularly those that bring together public and private capital, can help unlock the investment required. Our new report highlights three projects across water, energy and the built environment that show how these models can work in practice. We believe