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Originally Posted by Mancie
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Maybe I've been looking in the wrong places, but I haven't yet come across any member of the public discussing new ideas of how to get the British and/or European economies growing.....
We need to export and I think the coalition government were right to initially allocate money to researching new ideas/products which pushed the boundaries.
I'm wary of this new idea taken from your link: <<
The Treasury said the The Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Bill, which builds on a scheme launched in July, will give the green light to £40bn of construction projects by using the government's low interest rates to underwrite them.
To qualify, the projects must be "nationally significant", ready to start construction within 12 months, financially credible and "good value" for taxpayers.>>
In conjunction with other legislation re red tape, that latter sentence could mean the Spanish owned airport owners could flatten ancient English villages, churches, graveyards, etc in an expansion plan.
We're not exporting enough which means that the money in circulation isn't being brought into the country via exports but is only being passed around in the UK. Bear in mind that any jobs created don't all go to English heritage workers - I make that note because as I walked around Asda and the town the other day most people passed me conversing in foreign languages. Quite a proportion of immigrant workers send a portion of their wages to family in their country of origin. This proportion of workers is greater in number than experienced in previous difficult times and I'#m afraid any government has a greater hill to climb than any previous government.