Philip Hammond will announce a splurge in infrastructure spending to get Britain driving again this week as he seeks to guide the economy through any post-Brexit turbulence.

In an announcement before Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, the Chancellor said that the country’s roads will benefit from a £1.3 billion spending package to tackle traffic.

Mr Hammond has put investment in the country’s infrastructure - its roads, railway tracks, energy plants and building projects – at the heart of his early months in office.

Writing for The Sunday Telegraph, he explains that “for too long” spending has been focussed on building projects that do not provide a long-term boost to the economy.