Ed Balls and Mary Creagh, at Labour conference, both say there needs to be a quick decision on runway capacity
At the Labour conference, Shadow Sec of State for Transport, Mary Creagh said, on aviation: “More airport capacity is vital to Britain’s economic success, but David Cameron was too weak to deliver it. So he kicked it into the long grass. That led to Boris Johnson’s fantasy island airport …. The one that would have closed Heathrow, destroyed jobs and put London at risk of flooding. £5 million of public money wasted on his vanity project, but it was never about the country’s future. …. The next Labour Government will make a swift decision on airport expansion in the national interest.” In his speech, Ed Balls, the Shadow Chancellor said there should be no more “dither and delay” on airport capacity, amid signals that Labour is no longer ruling out expansion at Heathrow. He said there must be a rapid and final decision on this after the next election. “Whatever the outcome of the Howard Davies review into airport capacity, we must resolve to finally make a decision on airport capacity in London and the South-East — expanding capacity while taking into account the environmental impact ….No more kicking into the long-grass, but taking the right decisions for Britain’s long-term future.”
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Speech by Mary Creagh MP to Labour Party Conference 2014 in Manchester
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23.9.2014
Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, in a speech to Labour’s Conference 2014 in Manchester, said:
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Today I will set out how Ed Miliband’s Labour government will deliver the big change we need in transport.
Big change to deliver our national infrastructure.
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This government has neglected our national infrastructure.
More airport capacity is vital to Britain’s economic success, but David Cameron was too weak to deliver it. So he kicked it into the long grass.
That led to Boris Johnson’s fantasy island airport.
Do you remember?
The one that would have closed Heathrow, destroyed jobs and put London at risk of flooding.
Five million pounds of public money wasted on his vanity project, but it was never about the country’s future.
It was all about the future of the new Tory candidate for Uxbridge.
The next Labour Government will make a swift decision on airport expansion in the national interest.
Labour supports High Speed Two which will transform our country.
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Ministers talk about rail services in the North.
Those same ministers are proposing to cut direct rail services from Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Dewsbury to Manchester.
Friends, we need big change to the way we run the railway.
A Labour government will deliver the biggest reform of the railways since privatisation to deliver a better deal for taxpayers and passengers.
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Opposition has sharpened not dulled our ambition.
Only a Labour government will make the big change we need to deliver the infrastructure to support British jobs and growth
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http://press.labour.org.uk/post/98217374544/speech-by-mary-creagh-mp-to-labour-party-conference