Britain Remade responds to Starmer's pledge to give 150 major infrastructure projects the green light

Responding to the government's target to complete more infrastructure projects by the end of the Parliament, Sam Richards, CEO of pro-growth campaign group Britain Remade said:

“While setting a target for delivering planning permission for at least 150 major projects by the end of this Parliament is welcome, ministers must urgently get moving on fixing the underlying issues that slow down building the new clean energy sources, labs, homes, and transport links. A major first step would be approving the projects that are currently sat on ministers' desks. At its current rate of approving major projects the government is on track to give the green light to just 72 projects by the end of the Parliament.   

“Without tackling how Judicial Review works, the never-ending rounds of consultation and reforming environmental impact assessments it is hard to see this ambitious target being achieved.”