TCR BLOG- GE24 MANIFESTO COMPARISON

Key manifesto policies forBUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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Green infrastructure

Opposed pending emissions management

no expansion

Freeports and investment zones

Rail freight policies

Data Centres policies

Electric vehicle support

Prisons expansion

High streets policies

Railways expansion

Aviation expansion

Public spending on Infrastructure

Industrial Strategy

LIB DEMS

LABOUR

CONSERVATIVES

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

Railways expansion

Reforming business rate system in favour of high street uses, supporting small businesses through the British Business Bank.

Labour

High streets policies

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

Electric vehicle support

Removing planning barriers to new data centres.

Labour

Data centres

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.

Conservatives

Railways expansion

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.

Lib Dems

Electric vehicle support

Plan to change planning laws to support places to bring back local market days and regenerate defunct shopping centres.

Conservatives

High streets policies

£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

Public spending on Infrastructure

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.

Conservatives

Electric vehicle support

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

Lib Dems

Rail freight policies

Introduction of a duty to promote and grow the use of rail freight

Labour

Rail freight policies

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.

Lib Dems

Public spending on Infrastructure

Pledge to support the growth of the rail freight sector.

Conservatives

Rail freight policies

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.

Lib Dems

Railways expansion

Commitment to "use all relevant powers to build new prisons"

Labour

Prisons expansion

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.

Lib Dems

Industrial strategy

Establishment of an Industrial Strategy Council, on a statutory footing.

Labour

Industrial strategy

£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

Labour

Public spending on Infrastructure

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.

Conservatives

Prisons 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

Lib Dems

Aviation expansion

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.

Conservatives

Freeports and investment zones