But allies insisted that he was talking about long-term reforms, such as streamlining the planning system and a Northern Hub to boost regional economies.
Streamlining the planning process for new power infrastructure and establishing a long-term pricing mechanism for carbon will help give business confidence to invest in both.
State help will be limited to reforming the lengthy licensing process, streamlining the planning system and levying a charge on nuclear operators to pay for decommissioning and waste storage.
As it happens, Mr Cameron believes passionately that his administration is taking some very important long-term decisions – for example, reforming welfare and creating the right conditions for growth by streamlining the planning system and boosting infrastructure spending.
The government's annual legislative programme includes 20 bills, on topics ranging from streamlining the planning system to tackling extremism – as well as three carried over from the previous session, including the investigatory powers bill, which will make it easier for public bodies to monitor communications.
There were 20 bills, on topics ranging from streamlining the planning system to tackling extremism – as well as three carried over from the previous session, including the investigatory powers bill, which will make it easier for public bodies to monitor communications.
David Heath MP, Lib Dem constitutional spokesman · The twin proposals of streamlining the planning process to meet needs for housing and handing over more power to councils to set affordable home quotas do not bode well if the experience in Lewes is anything to go by.
These are smart steps for streamlining the planning approval process, not for cutting corners.
These include streamlining the planning and approval process, increasing the number of units that can be built without City Council review and providing excess city properties for development.
These include streamlining the planning and approval process, increasing the number of units that can be built without City Council review and providing excess city properties for development.
