UK to relax electric car sales targets after Trump’s tariffs
The UK government has announced a relaxation of electric vehicle sales targets to help the car industry in the face of trade tariffs from the US. Currently at least 28% of cars sold by manufacturers in the UK must be electric vehicles that will rise every year until 2030 when every petrol and diesel car […]
The North will no longer be held to ransom by broken transport system, insists PM
People across the North will no longer be held back by a broken transport system and empty promises, the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has said as he announced more funding to deliver the largest rail investment in the North in decades. After years of false promises and underdelivery, the government is intent on delivering […]
Starmer tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash
The public will now see exactly what’s being done to tackle potholes, as the government demands councils prove their progress or face losing cash. From mid-April, local authorities in England will start to receive their share of the government’s record £1.6 billion highway maintenance funding, including an extra £500 million – enough to fill 7 […]
Starmer to curb ‘Nimby’ legal blocks on infrastructure
Major infrastructure projects such as nuclear power stations, railway lines, road expansions and wind farms will be built faster under new planning rules, the government has pledged. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Nimby (Not in My Back Yard) “blockers” of major infrastructure projects will have fewer chances “to frustrate growth” through repeated legal challenges, […]
Further action is needed if Government wants to succeed with its infrastructure ambitions, says Sir John Armitt
Further action is needed if the government is to succeed on delivering its election pledges on infrastructure, according to Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission. In his Plan for Change speech yesterday (5th December), the Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, set out a government commitment to approve 150 development consent orders (DCOs) for […]
Starmer does not say yes or no to LTC when questioned in the Commons
The Prime Minister has refused to comment on whether or not the Government will spend on a new Lower Thames Crossing. MP for Dartford, Labour’s Jim Dixon, used Prime Minister’s Question Time to ask about economic growth saying: “Investing in a new Lower Thames Crossing to relieve Dartford residents from gridlock caused by over capacity […]
