The Chancellor’s shelving of the budget infrastructure plan is a
“betrayal” of the voters in seats the Tories gained in the general
election, Labour has said.
Shadow Chancellor said Rishi Sunak’s budget on
Wednesday will be a “huge let down” for those voters:
“Just weeks after he was installed by as a stooge Chancellor,
has moved quickly to betray
the voters in the seats the Tories gained in
the North and Midlands in December’s genral
election.
“The unacceptable delay to the implementation of the National
Infrastructure strategy is an early indication of the huge let
down Wednesday’s budget will be for these voters whose
communities desperately need an immediate start to large
scale infrastructure investment.
“It also shows once again Johnson’s basic incapability to
properly manage government.”
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Notes for editors
https://labour.org.uk/press/government-delays-budget-infrastructure-plan-mcdonnell-responds/
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51760507
https://labour.org.uk/press/shadow-chancellor-slams-tories-on-decade-long-gaping-hole-in-infrastructure-investment/
· The
National Infrastructure Strategy responds to the National
Infrastructure Assessment, which outlined proposals on full-fibre
broadband, decarbonising homes, electric vehicles, other
transport investments, and reducing drought and flooding
risks: https://www.nic.org.uk/assessment/national-infrastructure-assessment/.
The delay of the Strategy therefore could mean a delay on
implementation of essential investments in flooding, EV
infrastructure, digital technology, and decarbonisation.
