The current planning regime acts as a major brake on economic growth.
We will set out new national policy statements, make major projects faster and cheaper by slashing red tape, and build support for developments by ensuring communities directly benefit.
Labour will ensure economic regulation supports growth and investment,
promotes competition,
works for consumers,
and enables innovation.
In an ever more connected world, Britain’s communication network is also vital.
Under the Conservatives, investment in 5G is falling behind other countries
and the rollout of gigabit broadband has been slow.
Royal Mail remains a key part of the UK’s infrastructure.
Rebuilding Britain means modernising our transport infrastructure.
Our road network is plagued by long-promised projects that are never delivered.
The potholes cratering our roads are a visible sign of the decline after 14 years of Conservative rule.
Cars remain by far the most popular form of transport.
Labour will maintain and renew our road network, to ensure it serves drivers, cyclists and other road users, remains safe, and tackles congestion.
We will fix an additional one million potholes across England in each year of the next parliament, funded by deferring the A27 bypass, which is poor value for money.
Labour will further support drivers by tackling the soaring cost of car insurance.
And, as set out in our automotive sector plan, Labour will support the transition to electric vehicles by 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,
and supporting buyers of secondhand electric cars by standardising the information supplied on the condition of batteries.
Labour will overhaul Britain’s railways.
Fourteen years of Conservative neglect have failed passengers, businesses and taxpayers.
We will put passengers at the heart of the service by reforming the railways and bringing them into public ownership.
It will be responsible for investment, day-to-day operational delivery and innovations and improvements for passengers, working with publicly-owned rail operators in Wales and Scotland.
Mayors will have a role in designing the services in their areas.
Local communities have lost control over their bus routes.
Fares have increased, routes have disappeared, and services are unreliable.
and we will lift the ban on municipal ownership.
Under the Conservatives, transport services have remained fragmented and inefficient with companies and sectors failing to speak to and plan with each other.
Delivering growth and raising productivity depend on fresh thinking and new ideas.
Britain has many cutting-edge businesses, but innovation needs to be converted into commercial success in every corner of our country.
Labour will make Britain the best place to start and grow a business.
We will ensure our industrial strategy supports the development of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, removes planning barriers to new datacentres.
And we will create a National Data Library to bring together existing research programmes and help deliver data-driven public services,
whilst maintaining strong safeguards and ensuring all of the public benefit.
We will work with universities to support spinouts;
and work with industry to ensure start-ups have the access to finance they need to grow.
Regulators are currently ill-equipped to deal with the dramatic development of new technologies, which often cut across traditional industries and sectors.
This office will help regulators update regulation, speed up approval timelines, and co-ordinate issues that span existing boundaries.
This includes the co-operative sector, and we will aim to double the size of the UK’s co-operative and mutuals sector.
Labour’s plan for economic growth has been developed for all UK businesses.
But small firms, entrepreneurs, and the selfemployed face unique challenges.
That is why, in partnership, Labour has developed a plan for small businesses – the lifeblood of communities and high streets across the country.
will make it easier for small and medium sized enterprises to access capital.
The Post Office is an essential service in communities across the country.
and support the development of new products, services and business models, such as banking hubs, that will help reinvigorate the high street.
The dream of homeownership is now out of reach for too many young people.
The Conservatives have failed to act even though the housing crisis is well known to be one of the country’s biggest barriers to growth.
creating jobs across England,
with 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.