Absolutely amazing if this ever happened. Sadly I think this would need a large majority in the commons to get through. Too many “vested interests” will vote against so Labour need to force it through on their own and they can only do that with a majority. Great for headlines though.
As a side note I’m pissing myself at the unintentional sinister paragraph towards the bottom.
The FSB also welcomed Ms Reeves’ proposals
Of course it did 😜
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Labour government would create an anti-corruption commissioner to recoup billions of pounds lost to fraud and waste during the Covid pandemic, the party has announced.
Meanwhile, the Labour leadership is set for a showdown with Unite - historically the party’s biggest financial backer - over the union’s call to nationalise critical infrastructure, starting with privatised electricity and gas networks.
Delegates will vote on whether the party should adopt this policy - which is opposed by Ms Reeves and Labour’s leader Sir Keir Starmer - on Monday evening.
She will promise to appoint a Covid corruption commissioner with full powers to take cases to court and “claw back every penny of taxpayers money that they can”.
Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, welcomed the policy, saying long-term investment in infrastructure was a “key ingredient to get our economy back to growth”.
FSB National Chair Martin McTague welcomed more local planning officers, to “help small housebuilders and other businesses deliver projects more quickly”.
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