Britain can manufacture its way back to boom times after coronavirus exposed "fundamental flaws in the UK economy", a report says tonight.
It urges ministers to invest in manufacturing or face a decade of hardship leaving millions more worse off. The alert comes in the first report from the John Mills Institute for Prosperity, launched by the multimillionaire shopping channel tycoon and ex-Labour donor.
His think tank aims to spark a revival in “left-behind” parts of the country, such as industrial heartlands and coastal towns.
They include constituencies which formed the “Red Wall” – Labour strongholds seized by the Conservatives at last December's election.