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Starmer versus the blockers | Politics News


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Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Dan Bloom look at the day ahead in British politics.

Today, Sir Keir Starmer is on the NIMBY offensive to boost economic growth, with plans to reduce the number of times people can go to the courts to block infrastructure schemes.

The government hopes it will mean that projects like nuclear power stations, wind farms, and railway lines can all be built more quickly. But can they do it, and will it work?

Meanwhile, with latest borrowing figures surprisingly high, Rachel Reeves is still under a lot of pressure to meet her fiscal rules. But Sam explains why welfare cuts won’t help her in the spring statement.

The biggest news of the day though will of course be the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana for the Southport murders. With more details of his horrific crimes to be revealed then, Sam and Dan discuss the continuing political fallout.

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