The head of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has called on the new government to honour its Queen’s speech commitment to devolve powers to the regions and to boost infrastructure funding.

In a letter sent to ministers in the wake of last week’s Queen’s speech, RTPI chief executive Victoria Hills said the government needed to back its commitment to invest £100bn in infrastructure by further devolving powers and delivering adequate funding for infrastructure “so that local authorities can properly embed infrastructure into their plans, and deliver it in a coordinated way”.