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21 December 2008 - Lib Dem leader's pledge to re-open Lewes-Uckfield: Launching his party’s ‘Green Road Out of the Recession’ document, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says his party would cancel the recent VAT cut and use the £12.5bn saved on a raft of real investment projects in the UK. Among £2bn of green transport projects which include railway electrification, more trains, more trams schemes and new railway lines is the reopening of Lewes-Uckfield. This eminently sensible approach is most welcome. “Investment that is environmentally responsible and good for the long term interest of the nation is the right approach and we need to start working now as these schemes take several years to deliver” said Brian Hart. “Rather than pouring money into failing car production for which there is plummeting demand, we should be building more trains and reopening rail links for which there is an urgent public need”. |
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"Where the distance to be breached is shortest, the frustration is greatest. Where significant demand for a return of rail services can be shown, it is these cases which must first be successfully pitted against the might of Government intransigence."
Today's Railways UK (March 2008)