Response to Conservative manifesto
Responding to the Conservative Party's publication of its general election manifesto today, John Dickie, Director of Director of Strategy and Policy at London First, said:
We welcome the Conservatives’ emphasis on improving the UK’s competitiveness and their commitments on tax policy, particularly around Income Tax. However, we remain concerned that this focus on competitiveness is undermined by rhetoric on immigration and the uncertainty created by a referendum on EU membership, neither of which support the UK being open for business.
Increasing home ownership through the sale of housing association properties doesn’t address the real, central housing problem in London, which is far too few new homes are being built.
We also welcome the Conservatives’ commitment to investing in infrastructure, particularly the commitment to pushing forward with Crossrail 2. We would have liked a similar commitment to airport expansion, rather the simple statement that a Conservative Government will ‘respond to the Airports Commission’s final report’.
