LGA responds to the Government's Industrial Strategy announcement

Responding to the publication of the Government's Industrial Strategy, Cllr Adam Hug, Chair of the Local Government Association's Local Infrastructure and Net Zero Board, said:

“Councils have a critical and unique role in delivering local inclusive growth across all sectors and communities, working closely with businesses, supporting jobseekers, planning regeneration and improving infrastructure.

“It is clear the Government's ambitions in its Industrial Strategy for national economic growth are only achievable if every local economy is firing on all cylinders.

“Providing sufficient funding so that all councils, including those not in combined authority areas, can deliver local growth priorities will be essential to realising the full potential of Growth Plans, Industrial Strategy Zones and other ambitions identified in this strategy.”

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Invest 2035: The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy | Local Government Association