general election 2019

The nation goes to the polls this week (12 December), with the issues of Brexit, the NHS, crime and policing, and the environment taking centre stage. But what does the built environment sector want from the next government?

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is committed to bringing to the market a £3 billion portfolio of projects, including renewables, waste and construction; planting 60 million trees; and reducing emissions from Scotland’s railways to zero by 2035.

The Conservative Party has announced that it would make the planning system ‘simpler for the public and small builders’, support modern methods of construction, and reach net-zero emissions by 2050 if it wins the forthcoming general election (12 December).

A target of generating 80 per cent of the UK’s electricity through renewables, restoring the natural environment and scrapping permitted development feature in the Liberal Democrat Party’s manifesto.