MPs launch manifesto to drive industrial policy change

Posted on 20 Jan 2015 by Victoria Fitzgerald

A cross-party group of parliamentarians will today launch a new manifesto ahead of the general election, calling on any future government to take what it calls “the necessary steps” to ensure the UK becomes a global leader in manufacturing markets.

The document, entitled Manufacturing Manifesto 2015, addresses what it regards as the key issues and themes currently affecting UK manufacturing and threatening the UK’s potential industrial growth, including questions over innovation, skills, finance and taxation, energy, SMEs and, trade and investment.

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The manifesto lays out 19 recommendations across these different issues, including: All parties…

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