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There is over-provision of built estate, but how can the answer be more new build? How many failing businesses cure their problems by building new headquarters?
We have cut business rates and invested in colleges and universities; we have built and are building new railways; we have bought new trains, opened new stations and supported dozens of new international air routes.
How could the GAE be so wrong, and is there any indication that that will be addressed in the not-too-distant future? It is not a new burden as per the definition of a new burden.
This raises a question that we have considered once before: must the board be stood down before a new board can be elected, or can a statutory instrument be used to make the change in one fell swoop?