Think-tank: Defence investment 'economic necessity'
INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

Think-tank: Defence investment 'economic necessity'

By Paul Marinko | 22 May 2025

Defence industry investment is a ‘strategic and economic necessity’ for UK growth, a think-tank report released today has argued.

THINK TANK

Report: Populism fuelled by underperformance of cities

By Paul Marinko | 29 April 2025

A report has claimed discontent fuelling populist causes stems from the underperformance of cities.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The tariff turmoil

By Barry Quirk CBE | 07 April 2025

As the global world order shifts with the introduction of the Trump tariffs Barry Quirk warns cou...

ENERGY

North 'key' to renewable energy

By Emily Twinch | 25 March 2025

Ministers should invest in clean manufacturing and set up mayoral-led councils in the North to he...

DEVOLUTION

Time to deliver

By Andrew Carter | 15 January 2025

For the Government, this year must be one of delivery on its priorities, writes Andrew Carter.

PEOPLE

Clark joins Industrial Strategy Advisory Council

By Martin Ford | 17 December 2024

Former local government secretary Greg Clark has joined the Government's Industrial Strategy Advi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Concern over Industrial Strategy plans

By Heather Jameson | 16 October 2024

Combined authorities are concerned the Government’s new Industrial Strategy will fail to give the...

FINANCE

Ministers to 'super charge' LEP performance

By Mark Conrad | 24 July 2018

Ministers have published plans to ‘super charge’ the performance and accountability of Local Ente...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall reassurance on local industrial strategies

By Dan Peters | 16 July 2018

Senior civil servants have pledged that local industrial strategies will be rolled out everywhere...

WHITEHALL

Hawthorne: Local industrial strategies could go same way as devolution

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2018

Parts of the country could be left behind when Whitehall rolls out its local industrial strategie...

WHITEHALL

Government waters down devolution framework plans

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2018

Hopes are fading that the Government’s devolution framework will jump-start the agenda when it is...

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