“Chris Leslie, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said: “The EEF is right to say we need a new approach to address Britain’s long-term infrastructure needs.
“Labour will establish an independent national infrastructure commission. This would help to end the dither and delay we have seen on the big decisions Britain needs to take to secure its future.
“With business support growing for a new body to identify Britain’s infrastructure needs and hold governments to account for meeting them, it’s now time other political parties backed the idea too.”
Unfortunately, one manufacturer’s essential infrastructure is inevitably also someone else’s land. It would be interesting if we saw the rise of NIMFYs – Not In My Factory Yard!
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/smes/call-for-infrastructure-authority-7630634
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