Corbyn’s Build it in Britain plan isn’t radical – it’s what other countries do | Larry Elliott
by Larry Elliott from Economics | The Guardian on (#3VG6V)
'Value for money' for public contracts is a colossal failure. Labour's leader is right: the state should support manufacturing
Jeremy Corbyn wants new support ships for the Royal Navy to be built in British shipyards. He thinks it is wrong for the production of the UK's post-Brexit passports to go to a French firm. Under a future Labour government, the state would use its buying power to support manufacturing.
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