Can the UK retain its green competitive edge?

Michael Holder
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Manufacturing has fallen sharply in the UK over the past three decades, but electric vehicles, heat pumps, and wind turbines could hold the key to turning things around, according to a major new report

The story of UK manufacturing over the past three decades is usually told as a one of decline - and it is easy to understand why. As deindustrialisation and financialisation accelerated under Margaret...

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