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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

Streeting details plans to fast track new infrastructure schemes to boost growth

The former health secretary accused successive governments of ‘sleeping, while Britain’s crying out for action’ (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Wire)

New power plants, wind farms and data centres would be sped through development with emergency law changes under a Wes Streeting-led government, the potential Labour leadership challenger will say.

The Labour former health secretary will, in a speech on Tuesday, set out his proposals for getting major new infrastructure projects built quickly to boost economic growth, his latest tilt at Sir Keir Starmer amid the gathering threat of a leadership challenge to the Prime Minister.

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