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Labour’s industrial strategy needs more clarity

An explicit policy direction gives a signal to businesses looking to invest.

By Ben Westerman

This article was originally published as an edition of the Green Transition, our weekly newsletter on the economics of net zero. To see more editions and subscribe, click here.

Ahead of the general election last summer, businesses were clambering over each other to cosy up to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. Roll-forward to February, and those same businesses are growing ever more perturbed by the prime minister and his chancellor. How times change.

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