{"id":12842,"date":"2017-07-24T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T14:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=12842"},"modified":"2017-07-24T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T14:56:55","slug":"flesh-on-the-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=12842","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Flesh on the bones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A post-Brexit industrial strategy must include comprehensive polices on the three pillars of infrastructure, innovation and investment, Unite said today (Monday July 24).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While welcoming today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s government announcement of \u00c2\u0141246m investment in battery technology as part of the nascent industrial strategy, Unite said that business secretary Greg Clark needed to move faster in putting the flesh on the bones as to how the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s industrial base will flourish after Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhile Greg Clark\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s announcement on battery technology is a step in the right direction, he needs to pick up the pace on formulating concrete policies on the long-promised industrial strategy,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 commented Tony Burke, Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAs we have seen demand for electric vehicles is picking up and we need the battery technology infrastructure coming on stream as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe three pillars of such of a policy to ensure the UK manufacturing sector is match fit post-Brexit are infrastructure, innovation and investment. We are still light on detail in these three vital areas.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Criticisms \u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unite criticisms mirror those made in March by the business select committee in the last parliament which said the industrial strategy lacked the framework for future decision-making and needed to be\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0098bold, ambitious and visionary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bKey economic indicators affecting UK manufacturing are worrying \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the trade deficit in goods widened in May; business activity in June was weak and UK productivity is back to 2007 levels and we still have major skill shortages,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 added Burke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis picture makes it even more imperative that the government comes up with a comprehensive industrial strategy, rather than rely on piecemeal initiatives. Flesh needs to be put on the bones of such a strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe criteria for Brexit must be \u00e2\u20ac\u0098Jobs First\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that should be the benchmark on which all aspects of the Brexit negotiations are conducted. We need to defend well paid jobs, protect the supply chain and secure our industrial base &#8211; underpinned by a constant flow of well-trained apprentices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bA White Paper is promised for later this year and should be an integral part of the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s planning for the post-Brexit world \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t come soon enough for UK manufacturing and our membership.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post-Brexit industrial strategy must include comprehensive polices on the three pillars of infrastructure, innovation and investment, Unite said today (Monday July 24). &nbsp; While welcoming today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s government announcement of \u00c2\u0141246m investment in battery technology as part of the nascent industrial strategy, Unite said that business secretary Greg Clark needed to move faster in putting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[486,670,55],"wps_subtitle":"Post-Brexit industrial strategy needs substance  ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12843,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842\/revisions\/12843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}