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29 November 2017updated 09 Sep 2021 6:21pm

Creating an industrial strategy fit for purpose

Without the input of workers, the government's industrial strategy will be a missed opportunity. 

By Frances O'Grady

The government’s white paper on the industrial strategy has arrived at long last. It’s a step forward to have an industrial strategy at all – but there’s a worrying absence of workers’ voices.

There will be an independent Industrial Strategy Council, with business representatives, investors, economists and academics from across the UK. But no mention of unions. If the government wants the industrial strategy to succeed, workers must have a voice through union representation. We should have seats on both the council and any associated working groups.

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