The Prime Minister called for reform of the British state, seeking to go further and faster on renewal, and to ensure a more active government. To support these aims, the government established the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) as its centre of infrastructure expertise, harnessing the policy and strategy insight of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and the delivery specialism of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and bringing them together to create a new, stronger and more powerful organisation within HM Treasury capable of delivering these goals. NISTA has six objectives: Overseeing the government''s 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy Identifying and coordinating infrastructure needs Unblocking barriers and streamlining delivery of the government''s major projects Setting standards and improving the government''s project delivery capabilities Providing effective assurance for the government''s priority projects Leading expertise on private finance The new Strategy and System Change function is the voice of authority on long-term infrastructure needs and strategy across government. The function is currently being shaped through a consultative design process to determine NISTAs final operating model which is on track to complete by the summer with implementation thereafter. The teams are a broad mix of professions and grades, including strategy and policy specialists, economists and analysts, data and digital