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Melanie Fyans's avatar

A point on transport links. I live in the South West which has fast and reliable trains to London but a season ticket from Swindon to Paddington (55 mins) is over £11k a year, making it unaffordable to all but high earners.

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Matt's avatar

I love infrastructure. However I do think skills are a huge cause of lower productivity in the UK - but not the skills that everyone talks about. The skills shortage is not with grads, it’s with business owners: https://www.bis.org/review/r170322b.pdf

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