Ninety-plus Labour MPs warn civil service lacks skills to drive growth where it is needed and plan should be steered by Louis Haigh from Manchester
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Andy Burnham’s pledge to reindustrialise Britain is doomed to fail unless it is driven decisively from his new No 10 North outpost in Manchester, a group of more than 90 backbench Labour MPs is warning.
The PM has suggested that rebuilding the UK’s industrial capacity will be central to meeting his pledge to bring “good growth in every postcode” . Continue reading...