The Chancellor George Osbourne today announces the membership of the National Infrastructure Commission at an event in York.

The Commission will focus on three particular areas - connections between cities in the North, London's transport system, and energy.

It is charged with producing a report at the beginning of each Parliament providing recommendations for spending on infrastructure projects.

There will be seven Commissioners, including Lord Adonis. The others are former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine; former member of the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee Prof Tim Besley; former chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority Sir John Armitt; neuroscientist Sadie Morgan; former chief economist to the Greater London Authority Bridget Roswell; and chairman of the Victoria & Albert Museum Sir Paul Ruddock.