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Construction Needed to Stimulate Economic Growth,...
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26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT Tel: 020 7323 3770 Fax: 020 7323 0307 Web: www.
constructionproducts.
org.
uk Email: press@constructionproducts.
org.
uk
Embargoed until 7.
30pm Tuesday 18 October 2011
Construction Needed to Stimulate Economic Growth, Says
Construction Products Association Chairman
Addressing an audience of more than 80 Parliamentarians and 150 construction
industry leaders, civil servants and journalists at the House of Commons, Bill
Bolsover, the Chairman of the Construction Products Association, identified the
construction industry as a key driver of economic growth and suggested ways in
which government should kick start the recovery.
Bill Bolsover said; ‘Government must stick to its spending plans, but rebalance the
economy between current and capital spending.
Government’s own figures show
current expenditure rising from £632bn this year to £694bn in 2014/15, whilst capital
spending is being cut from £61bn to £42bn over the same period.
Rebalancing this
coul
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