Forging a new industrial strategy for Britain

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Policy Exchange' Richard Howard sets out a blueprint for a modern industrial strategy that could deliver clean growth for the UK

When most people think of industrial policy, they think of British Leyland. Once the world's largest car maker, by the 1960s Britain had been overtaken by America, France and Germany. The British auto...

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