Reeves to rip up 'pro-London' Treasury rules as she announces £15billion for transport outside South-East
Rachel Reeves is set to tear up Treasury rules as she announces billions of pounds of investment in public transport in the North and Midlands.
The £15.6 billion package for mayoral authorities is expected to include funding to extend the metros in Tyne and Wear, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, along with a renewed tram network in South Yorkshire and a new mass transit systems in West Yorkshire.
Presumably this funding is coming out of the black hole, or it is spending which was in the pipeline already, or the State Sofa is bigger than we've been led to believe, or it all depends on that mysterious abstraction we never catch a reliable sight of - Growth.
Of course it's really about the dread spectre of Nigel Farage and Reform snaffling all the votes and making everyone else look silly, particularly the Blob and its acolytes. As a certified and accredited Blob member, Rachel from Accounts has been told to Do Something.
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Maybe she's just been told to SAY something. She can promise money that doesn't exist, to be spent at an indeterminate time in the future, that won't happen, and we'll be none the wiser
"We can't get rid of the Somali warlord on your estate, but our mass transit system should make it easier for you to get away from him for a few hours".
A modern form of Danegeld perhaps?
Bucko - that's probably all it is, say anything because people won't remember anyway.
Sam - "Although you should only visit the areas covered by our mass transit system and take nothing valuable with you."
DJ - sounds like it, although the amount of geld may not be as advertised.
The steel, the rails, the electrical system, the wiring, the trains, the construction equipment, and probably even the construction workers will all be imported. 'cos we don't do that nasty stuff any more.
So the "infrastructure" will be linking one wasteland to all the others. And most of fares will be free or concession.
Doonhamer - the project management and finance will be ours though...
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