PoliticsMPs urge Burnham to drive reindustrialisation from No 10 North or risk failure

More than 90 Labour backbench MPs say Andy Burnham’s reindustrialisation pledge could fail unless it is decisively led from his Manchester outpost, No 10 North. They argue the civil service lacks the industrial knowledge and capacity required, and propose a Reindustrialisation Act, job targets and a leading role for Louise Haigh.

UK politicsLabour PartyreindustrialisationManchester

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