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Jonathan Reynolds
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade — Labour
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"The UK will not impose tariffs on Chinese vehicles to align with the EU, framing the issue as resisting external pressure rather than engaging with industrial strategy or competitive pressures."
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30
"A £1bn India trade mission and the UK-India trade deal will drive jobs, investment, and growth, bringing 'opportunity to every postcode'."
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"Government will reindustrialise Britain by cutting manufacturers' electricity bills through the BICS scheme."
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18
"A new UK-Germany tech corridor agreement will deliver more jobs, investment, and innovation, with the government projecting £200bn and 100,000 jobs by 2045."
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"A UK-Germany tech corridor agreement will deliver more jobs, more investment, and more innovations for British businesses and workers."
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"The West Midlands is an automotive manufacturing powerhouse central to the government's plan to reindustrialise Britain through mayoral partnerships, funding, and support for scaling businesses and attracting investment."
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"The West Midlands is at the forefront of Labour's reindustrialisation mission, with the Modern Industrial Strategy supporting manufacturing heartlands to create jobs and prosperity."
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"The UK-Germany industrial tech corridor agreements are great news and will deliver more jobs, more investment, and more innovations that will change lives."
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"The UK-Germany tech corridor agreement delivers more jobs, investment, and innovations, with combined business strengths benefiting people in both countries."
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"Reynolds praises a new UK-Germany tech corridor, claiming it will deliver more jobs, investment, and innovation for British workers and businesses."
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"A government scheme will cut manufacturers' electricity bills by up to 25% to help reindustrialise Britain by tackling industrial energy costs."
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"Reindustrialisation will be driven by cutting manufacturers' electricity bills through the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme, closing the price gap with international competitors."
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24
"Reynolds claims that encouraging overseas firms to buy British exports and expanding into new markets through 'Flexible Finance' will lay the foundation for growth and jobs in the UK."
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"Reynolds says the BICS electricity cost relief scheme will help manufacturers spend less on energy and more on growing their business."
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"The government will reindustrialise Britain by cutting manufacturers' electricity bills through the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme."
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"Reynolds frames £135m British Business Bank support to Advent Life Sciences as evidence that UK life sciences can scale up, create jobs, and accelerate patient access to medicines."
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"Trade promotion and 'Flexible Finance' for overseas buyers of British goods will deliver growth and jobs at home by opening up new markets."
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"Reynolds frames a £43m lithium project and £1bn in automotive investment as a concrete step toward building UK industrial resilience."
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38
"Government has a huge amount of work to do to get growth in every postcode over the next few years."
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"The government will work toward the public acquisition of Speciality Steels UK to protect steelworkers after the company entered liquidation."
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"The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy ensures Britain is the best place to invest, and Amazon's £40bn investment (alongside £100bn secured in the past year) validates government policy and will boost living standards and create skilled jobs."
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"Reynolds frames McLaren's £500m investment as a 'massive vote of confidence' and central proof point of the government's Modern Industrial Strategy, claiming it will create 1,000 direct jobs and thousands more across the supply chain."
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"Reynolds claims the UK has world-class nuclear expertise and manufacturers, and that through the Modern Industrial Strategy the government is helping British firms win more of the growing global nuclear market."
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"Previous government policies failed to support the automotive sector, and warning signs of decline have been visible for a long time across the UK and Europe."
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"The new space strategy will keep Britain secure through satellite launch and threat detection capabilities while enabling the UK space sector to seize economic opportunities and create skilled jobs."
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"Reducing reporting requirements and bureaucratic red tape will free businesses to grow and invest, delivering good growth across the country."
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"Business Secretary declines government intervention in JLR's planned 4,000 job cuts, saying ministers do not run businesses and the company must determine its own 'right footprint'."
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"Business Secretary ruled out financial support for Jaguar Land Rover, saying the Government would not stand in the way of redundancies if needed to make the carmaker competitive."
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"A single £202m data centre guarantee in Lanarkshire is presented as proof that AI Growth Zones are reindustrialising Britain and delivering growth in every postcode."
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"A single £300m data centre investment in Lanarkshire is framed as proof that AI Growth Zones are reindustrialising Britain and delivering 'good growth in every postcode', with Scotland becoming an 'AI powerhouse' via the National Wealth Fund."
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"Expanding the Global Talent visa will make it easier for innovative UK companies to recruit researchers who will develop future medicines, technologies and industries in the UK."
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"Dell's £300m Lanarkshire investment is proof that AI Growth Zones are reindustrialising Britain and delivering good growth in every postcode via the National Wealth Fund unlocking private finance."
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"Reynolds claims a £300M European bank loan to Scottish data centres and Dell's involvement in Lanarkshire is proof AI growth zones are re-industrialising Britain and delivering good growth in every postcode."
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"Reynolds claims that AI Growth Zones and National Wealth Fund support are using public finance to unlock private investment, reindustrialise Britain and deliver jobs and growth."
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"A single Dell investment at one AI Growth Zone site is 'proof' that the policy is reindustrialising Britain and delivering 'good growth in every postcode'."
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"Dell's £300m AI investment in Lanarkshire, supported by AI Growth Zones and the National Wealth Fund, is delivering reindustrialisation and 'good growth in every postcode'."
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"Reynolds claims that AI Growth Zones and National Wealth Fund-backed private investment are already driving nationwide reindustrialisation, skills and good growth."
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"Reynolds claims that a £300 million Dell investment validates AI Growth Zones and that using the National Wealth Fund to unlock private finance will generate high-skilled jobs and transform Scotland into an AI powerhouse."
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"Expanding the Global Talent visa to 100+ businesses will attract brilliant researchers and fuel economic growth across the UK."
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"Expanding the Global Talent visa to over 100 businesses will attract world-class researchers whose discoveries will drive skilled jobs, investment, and economic growth across the country."
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"Expanding the global talent visa so private firms can endorse researchers will strengthen the government's industrial strategy and help grow the UK economy over 10 years by focusing on high-growth industries like AI."
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"The UK is already a magnet for the world's most brilliant minds, and expanding the global talent visa will help innovative companies grow the economy."
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"Expanding the Global Talent visa will make it easier for innovative UK companies to recruit elite international researchers and develop 'the medicines, technologies and industries of the future,' supporting industrial strategy and economic growth."
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18
"Expanding the Global Talent visa to 100+ businesses will make it easier for innovative companies to recruit researchers, develop future industries, underpin industrial strategy, create skilled jobs, and drive growth."
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"Jonathan Reynolds credits the government's Industrial Strategy with driving UK equity investment growth and vows to extend 'good growth' to every postcode."
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"Reynolds reassures the Financial Times that Labour's 'public control' rhetoric means collaboration with private investors and stressed the administration's desire to attract private capital into key sectors."