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K Dharma has vowed to take on the nimes
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as he aims to speed up building major
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infrastructure projects in the UK
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nuclear power plants train lines and
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wind farms could all be built faster
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after the Prime Minister announced Court
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battles against these projects would be
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restricted under new laws so what does
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this all mean starma has said his top
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priority is to get Britain's economy
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growing and one way he Chancellor Rachel
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Reeves and housing secretary Angela
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Raina want to do that is through
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reforming the UK's planning laws so that
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homes transport and energy projects can
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be created faster under the current
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rules opponents who some refer to as
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nimes or not in my backyard have three
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opportunities to secure permission for a
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judicial review against a major
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infrastructure project firstly they can
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write to the high court then via an oral
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hearing and finally by asking the court
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of appeal but number 10 has now
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announced that the first written stage
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will be scrapped entirely then any cases
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deemed totally without Merit will be
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unable to ask the court of appeal to
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reconsider wind farms in East Anglia the
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Sewell SE nuclear power station and the
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a47 national highway project were all
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examples of projects delayed by Court
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action the government has said so what
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is the government saying about this
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starma said the measure which will be
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part of an upcoming bill in the House of
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Commons was necessary to stop blockers
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from using our court processes to
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frustrate growth Siria vowed he was
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taking on the nimes and a broken system
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that has slowed down our progress as a
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nation in a bid to take the breaks off
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Britain the government said this will
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benefit households in the long term by
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lowering energy bills and speeding up
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commutes thanks to Major infrastructure
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being built faster and it all comes as
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starma and Rachel Reeves aim to frame
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the UK is an attractive destination for
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investors during the world economic
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Forum in Davos amid ongoing concern for
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Britain's economy and the impact of the
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Autumn Budget on firms but what do
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critics think Shadow leveling up
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secretary Kevin Hollen said although his
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party welcomes the government taking
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forward what he argued are conservative
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initiatives to streamline the planning
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system they were unhappy about labor
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blocking other efforts to cut EU red
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tape in relation to building projects he
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added the conservative party is under
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new leadership and we will come forward
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with real plans not empty announcements
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to get Britain building what do you
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think of the government's plans to take
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