The enthusiasm of some of my colleagues for ever greater state involvement in crucial industries is a gift to Labour.
The approach set out under the REUL Bill risked becoming a parochial and backward-looking distraction. EU regulation should be considered in conjunction with domestic rules and curent economic and social trends.
The changing global landscape should refocus our policy on the factors that are need to improve the investment outlook – such as sound macro polices and the level, predictability and simplicity of tax.
The Government needs to cut taxes and do more to support domestic producers, not strangle the economy to master inflation.
In Great Britain, all our bottles are 100 per cent recyclable and 500ml bottles (excluding label and cap) are made from 100 per cent recycled plastic content (rPET).
We can avoid getting into an argument about whether or not the Government’s plan is an industrial strategy. The Conservative Party has got rather hung up on that term.
As a former Brexit Secretary, I know that we can use our Brexit freedoms to achieve incredible things. Changes to EU regulations in our five growth industries will mean that we can deliver the very best for our great country,
Towards the end of the nineteenth century Britain began to cede market share in industries such as coal mining, textiles, iron, steel, and shipbuilding.
Our troubles will be compounded by Ministers’ import promotion policies, most pronounced in the Business, Energy and Agriculture departments.
Decarbonisation has challenges, but offers immense opportunities to revitalise our country’s industrial heartlands.
At the heart of the Midlands Engine’s strategy is a desire to collaborate, particularly in sectors vital to the low carbon transition.
Government should make it attractive for entrepreneurs and engineers to come up with new ideas themselves.
While most people can’t formulate specific policies, their views are useful in conceptualising them in broad terms.
It could take action to reduce industrial electricity costs, among other important steps.
Government risks fixating on specific projects, such as electric vehicles, rather than nurturing innovation and letting industry develop solutions.