Five of the UK’s leading manufacturing industries have issued a plea for more government financial support to boost capital investment in research and development as well as new factories and equipment with lower carbon emissions.
Carmakers, aerospace, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food and drinks manufacturers banded together on Wednesday to call for a long-term strategy for industry as the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, prepares for the budget next week.
Cutting industrial carbon output will be crucial to meeting the government’s legally mandated target of net zero emissions by 2050, and the manufacturers argue that they need government incentives to spend on decarbonisation.
The lobby groups said UK manufacturers needed help with energy costs,
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