Key manifesto policies forBUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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LABOUR
LIB DEMS
CONSERVATIVES
Industrial Strategy
Green infrastructure
Public spending on Infrastructure
High streets policies
Railways expansion
Opposed pending emissions management
Aviation expansion
no expansion
Prisons expansion
Electric vehicle support
Data Centres policies
Rail freight policies
Freeports and investment zones
Disclaimer: This publication has been written in general terms and cannot be relied on to cover specific situations. We recommend that you obtain professional advice before acting or refraining from acting on any of the contents of this publication. Lichfields accepts no duty of care or liability for any loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from acting as a result of any material in this publication. Lichfields is the trading name of Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited. Registered in England, no.2778116
Labour
Railways expansion
Reform focussed on service and ownership (through Great British Railways - bringing them into public ownership) alongside plan to "forge ahead with new railways and other nationally significant infrastructure'.
Labour
High streets policies
Reforming business rate system in favour of high street uses, supporting small businesses through the British Business Bank.
Labour
Electric vehicle support
Accelerating the roll out of charge points, giving certainty to manufacturers by restoring the phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines.
Labour
Data centres
Removing planning barriers to new data centres.
Conservatives
Railways expansion
Recommitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail. Re-routing HS2 funding to deliver the section of Northern Powerhouse Rail between Manchester and Liverpool, electrification to Hull, a new station in Bradford. Recommitment to the Midlands Rail hub. Pledge to upgrade the line between Newark and Nottingham and halve journey times between Nottingham and Leeds.
Lib Dems
Electric vehicle support
Make it cheaper and easier for drivers to switch to electric vehicles by rapidly rolling out far more charging points, reintroducing the plug-in car grant, and restoring the requirement that every new car and small van sold from 2030 is zero-emission.
Conservatives
High streets policies
Plan to change planning laws to support places to bring back local market days and regenerate defunct shopping centres.
Conservatives
Public spending on Infrastructure
£36 billion of HS2 savings on transport projects in the north or midlands
£12 billion on top of our HS2 savings to deliver the section of Northern Powerhouse Rail between Manchester and Liverpool.
£6.5 billion for transport across the rest of the country
£8.3 billion to fill potholes and resurface roads
£8.55 billion to spend on 'local priorities'
£1.75 billion to fund the Midlands Rail Hub.
£1 billion to support new bus routes across the North and Midlands
£1 billion of investment and alleviate pinch points on the A75
Conservatives
Electric vehicle support
References success of automated vehicle legislation and commitment to ensuring charging infrastructure is 'truly nationwide', including rapid charging and delivering the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate.
Lib Dems
Rail freight policies
Introducing a national freight strategy to move as much freight as possible from road to rail, supported by a freight growth target and electrification of freight routes
Labour
Rail freight policies
Introduction of a duty to promote and grow the use of rail freight
Lib Dems
Public spending on Infrastructure
Invest in green infrastructure, innovation and skills to boost economic growth and create good jobs and prosperity in every nation and region of the UK, while tackling the climate crisis.
Conservatives
Rail freight policies
Pledge to support the growth of the rail freight sector.
Lib Dems
Railways expansion
Urgently establishing a new Railway Agency: a public body which would help to join up the industry – from track to train – putting commuters first, holding train companies to account, and bringing in wholesale reform of the broken fare system.
Delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail to connect cities across the North of England.
Labour
Prisons expansion
Commitment to "use all relevant powers to build new prisons"
Lib Dems
Industrial strategy
Develop an industrial strategy that will give businesses certainty and incentivise them to invest in new technologies to grow the economy, create good jobs and tackle the climate crisis.
Launching an ambitious industrial strategy to incentivise businesses to invest and create good jobs across the UK
Re-establish the Industrial Strategy Council and put it on a statutory footing, to ensure vital oversight, monitoring and evaluation of the industrial strategy for the long term. Requiring the National Infrastructure Commission to take fully into account the environmental implications of all national infrastructure decisions.
Labour
Industrial strategy
Establishment of an Industrial Strategy Council, on a statutory footing.
Labour
Public spending on Infrastructure
£1.8 billion to upgrade ports and build supply chains across the UK. £1.5 billion to new gigafactories for electric cars. £2.5 billion to rebuild 'our steel industry'. £1 billion to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture. £500 million to support the manufacturing of green hydrogen
Conservatives
Prisons expansion
20,000 new prison places and four new prisons by 2030. Want to make it easier to build prisons in appropriate places by scrapping legacy EU rules and streamlining the planning system.
Lib Dems
Aviation expansion
Banning short domestic flights where a direct rail option taking less than 2.5 hours is available for the same journey, unless planes are alternative-fuelled.
Placing a moratorium on net airport expansion until a national capacity and emissions management framework is in place, and opposing the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted or London City airports and any new airport in the Thames Estuary
Conservatives
Freeports and investment zones
Extend Freeport opportunities to more areas and set out an application round in the next Parliament. Continue backing Investment Zones across the country, giving areas £160 million to catalyse local growth and investment.
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Key manifesto policies forBUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Click on cellsto reveal detail
LABOUR
LIB DEMS
CONSERVATIVES
Industrial Strategy
Green infrastructure
Public spending on Infrastructure
High streets policies
Railways expansion
Opposed pending emissions management
Aviation expansion
no expansion
Prisons expansion
Electric vehicle support
Data Centres policies
Rail freight policies
Freeports and investment zones
Disclaimer: This publication has been written in general terms and cannot be relied on to cover specific situations. We recommend that you obtain professional advice before acting or refraining from acting on any of the contents of this publication. Lichfields accepts no duty of care or liability for any loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from acting as a result of any material in this publication. Lichfields is the trading name of Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited. Registered in England, no.2778116
Labour
Railways expansion
Reform focussed on service and ownership (through Great British Railways - bringing them into public ownership) alongside plan to "forge ahead with new railways and other nationally significant infrastructure'.
Labour
High streets policies
Reforming business rate system in favour of high street uses, supporting small businesses through the British Business Bank.
Labour
Electric vehicle support
Accelerating the roll out of charge points, giving certainty to manufacturers by restoring the phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines.
Labour
Data centres
Removing planning barriers to new data centres.
Conservatives
Railways expansion
Recommitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail. Re-routing HS2 funding to deliver the section of Northern Powerhouse Rail between Manchester and Liverpool, electrification to Hull, a new station in Bradford. Recommitment to the Midlands Rail hub. Pledge to upgrade the line between Newark and Nottingham and halve journey times between Nottingham and Leeds.
Lib Dems
Electric vehicle support
Make it cheaper and easier for drivers to switch to electric vehicles by rapidly rolling out far more charging points, reintroducing the plug-in car grant, and restoring the requirement that every new car and small van sold from 2030 is zero-emission.
Conservatives
High streets policies
Plan to change planning laws to support places to bring back local market days and regenerate defunct shopping centres.
Conservatives
Public spending on Infrastructure
£36 billion of HS2 savings on transport projects in the north or midlands £12 billion on top of our HS2 savings to deliver the section of Northern Powerhouse Rail between Manchester and Liverpool. £6.5 billion for transport across the rest of the country £8.3 billion to fill potholes and resurface roads £8.55 billion to spend on 'local priorities' £1.75 billion to fund the Midlands Rail Hub. £1 billion to support new bus routes across the North and Midlands £1 billion of investment and alleviate pinch points on the A75
Conservatives
Electric vehicle support
References success of automated vehicle legislation and commitment to ensuring charging infrastructure is 'truly nationwide', including rapid charging and delivering the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate.
Lib Dems
Rail freight policies
Introducing a national freight strategy to move as much freight as possible from road to rail, supported by a freight growth target and electrification of freight routes
Labour
Rail freight policies
Introduction of a duty to promote and grow the use of rail freight
Lib Dems
Public spending on Infrastructure
Invest in green infrastructure, innovation and skills to boost economic growth and create good jobs and prosperity in every nation and region of the UK, while tackling the climate crisis.
Conservatives
Rail freight policies
Pledge to support the growth of the rail freight sector.
Lib Dems
Railways expansion
Urgently establishing a new Railway Agency: a public body which would help to join up the industry – from track to train – putting commuters first, holding train companies to account, and bringing in wholesale reform of the broken fare system. Delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail to connect cities across the North of England.
Labour
Prisons expansion
Commitment to "use all relevant powers to build new prisons"
Lib Dems
Industrial strategy
Develop an industrial strategy that will give businesses certainty and incentivise them to invest in new technologies to grow the economy, create good jobs and tackle the climate crisis. Launching an ambitious industrial strategy to incentivise businesses to invest and create good jobs across the UK Re-establish the Industrial Strategy Council and put it on a statutory footing, to ensure vital oversight, monitoring and evaluation of the industrial strategy for the long term. Requiring the National Infrastructure Commission to take fully into account the environmental implications of all national infrastructure decisions.
Labour
Industrial strategy
Establishment of an Industrial Strategy Council, on a statutory footing.
Labour
Public spending on Infrastructure
£1.8 billion to upgrade ports and build supply chains across the UK. £1.5 billion to new gigafactories for electric cars. £2.5 billion to rebuild 'our steel industry'. £1 billion to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture. £500 million to support the manufacturing of green hydrogen
Conservatives
Prisons expansion
20,000 new prison places and four new prisons by 2030. Want to make it easier to build prisons in appropriate places by scrapping legacy EU rules and streamlining the planning system.
Lib Dems
Aviation expansion
Banning short domestic flights where a direct rail option taking less than 2.5 hours is available for the same journey, unless planes are alternative-fuelled. Placing a moratorium on net airport expansion until a national capacity and emissions management framework is in place, and opposing the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted or London City airports and any new airport in the Thames Estuary
Conservatives
Freeports and investment zones
Extend Freeport opportunities to more areas and set out an application round in the next Parliament. Continue backing Investment Zones across the country, giving areas £160 million to catalyse local growth and investment.