It proposes one-third be reserved for open spaces – an area almost half the size of New York's Central Park; one-fourth for roads and transport links; and another third for mixed-use development, with a focus on tourism and public institutions.
The report also proposes integrating council tax support into UC, and ending plans to provide £900m for a tax-free childcare scheme, calling instead for the money to be used to improve the childcare support for those on UC with young children.
The report from Transport for the North – the new body of combined authorities – proposes cutting journey times with high-speed railways, new road connections, and Oyster-style smartcards and simpler fares throughout the region.
By contrast, the opposition proposes, sensibly, to borrow to finance capital expenditure, thereby aiming at a more expansionary policy than intended by Osborne.
The draft protection of charities bill – currently being scrutinised by the joint committee – proposes new powers for the commission, including the ability to issue official warnings, to disqualify trustees for up to 15 years or suspend them for up to two years, and to forcibly close charities and transfer their assets.
The Lib Dems signed up to a pledge not to increase tuition fees but the coalition government now proposes lifting the cap to up to £9,000 a year.
Labour needs to make clearer exactly how it proposes to devolve power and how far it is prepared to go.
"It probably has its best chance if someone else proposes it".' I'll leave you with one of the more amusing but possibly telling stories that seems silly on the surface but likely speaks to the real story behind the scenes.
It proposes one of the simple answers you'll come across anywhere, and I mean that as an absolute compliment.
Rubio's answer to the War on Poverty is no more thoughtful: he proposes creating a "Flex Fund" to "[distribute] a lump sum payment to the states to use to support or create innovative and multifaceted state and local antipoverty programs".
Pickles proposes changing the law so that councils cannot charge right-to-buy leaseholders excessive repair bills.
