Can the 10-Point Plan usher in an economic renewal for post-Brexit Britain?

Michael Holder
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Hit by a devastating pandemic and ongoing uncertainty over the UK's relationship with the EU, Boris Johnson's £12bn plan for a green industrial revolution now takes on monumental economic importance

Cast your mind back to the second day of January 2020. The Brexit fight was over, the Conservative Party had just won an overwhelming majority in the General Election, and Dominic Cummings was still viewed...

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