• Manchester Airports Group backed an Oxford Economics report flagging a UK investment shortfall of nearly GBP 2 trillion over 25 years.
• Study ranks the UK near the bottom of the G7 for investment since 2000; 2025 investment at 18.9% of GDP.
• Matching the rest of the G7 average over the period implies GBP 1.9 trillion more spending, including GBP 109 billion in the last year.
• Report estimates closing the gap could lift real household disposable income by GBP 1,540 a year by 2040.
• Business rates, delivery costs, policy unpredictability cited as key barriers; companies urged Budget action to unlock private capital.

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