“Whether her Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of the benefit cost ratio in the outline business case submitted by Network Rail for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement under the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline.”
Asked by
James Wild
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
At the Budget, I wiped the slate clean after 14 years of chaos and mismanagement of our public finances, and I have brought stability back to our economy, so that we can get on with fulfilling our promise of delivering change. That means investing to fix the NHS and rebuild Britain, while ensuring that working people do not face higher taxes in their payslips. Only through economic growth can we deliver on the promise of change. That is why we have wasted no time in delivering on the Government’s No. 1 mission. We have established the national wealth fund, have kick-started planning reforms to boost long-term growth, are developing an industrial strategy, and are announcing reforms for our world-leading financial services sector, including in pensions. I am under no illusion about the size and scale of the challenge that we face, and the struggles of working people. That is why we choose stability and investment. The Conservatives, however, choose chaos, austerity and decline.