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Cutting deficit takes precedence over transport goals says coalition

28 May 2010
 

THE NEED to cut public spending will take priority over all the new Government’s transport spending ambitions – including delivering a high-speed rail line, Crossrail and electrifying railways – according to the coalition’s programme for goverment.

“The deficit reduction programme takes precedence over any of the other measures in this agreement, and the speed of implementation of any measures that have a cost to the public finances will depend on decisions to be...

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