德莫斯研究所：2025年未来的基础设施奠定英国经济增长的基础报告（英文版）

As a result of years of underfunding, UK infrastructure is severely underperforming, with delayed access to energy, congested and environmentally damaging transport, and a wasteful water system: • Energy: To get connected to the UK’s electricity network (the grid), the average wait time is five years, but waits can be up to 14 years.5,6 Reports suggest that the UK’s wait times are the longest in Europe - with the UK spending less on the grid, relative to renewable energy spending, than countr