Budget week has started with Theresa May announcing an increase in spending on research and development and a new £1.7bn Transforming Cities Fund as a taste of government's Industrial Strategy due next week.
The government's new industrial strategy will only succeed if it is embedded throughout the public sector and secures buy-in from the private sector, says new report.
Theresa May is outlining government's new 'sector-specific' industrial strategy. Upgrading infrastructure according to local need is among a list of priorities