Prime minister meets Northern Ireland first minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly
In his interviews this morning, Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, also rejected suggestions that Labour has a secret plan to put up taxes. He said:
There is not a secret tax plan. This was an attack from the Conservatives. It is not a reflection of reality.
Our manifesto commitments, our priorities that we’re now implementing, our first six steps and our missions are funded with the loophole changes that were in the back of the manifesto that people voted for last Thursday.
Local communities will still be involved in the planning process and our policy is not to exclude them.
What we’re talking about today, in which the chancellor will set out in more detail later, is that when in particular it comes to large developments, large national pieces of infrastructure, we need to speed up the decision making process.
Continue reading…Prime minister meets Northern Ireland first minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy first minister Emma Little-PengellyIn his interviews this morning, Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, also rejected suggestions that Labour has a secret plan to put up taxes. He said:There is not a secret tax plan. This was an attack from the Conservatives. It is not a reflection of reality.Our manifesto commitments, our priorities that we’re now implementing, our first six steps and our missions are funded with the loophole changes that were in the back of the manifesto that people voted for last Thursday.Local communities will still be involved in the planning process and our policy is not to exclude them.What we’re talking about today, in which the chancellor will set out in more detail later, is that when in particular it comes to large developments, large national pieces of infrastructure, we need to speed up the decision making process. Continue reading…