UK needs strategy to deal with industrial change – TUC report

The government must come up with a blueprint for dealing with the challenges that automation and the move to a low-carbon economy pose for UK industry, says a report by the TUC.

Jaguar Land Rover recently announced it will build
electric cars in the UK, despite Brexit uncertainty.

The UK has an “appalling” track record on managing industrial change that benefits workers, customers, businesses and communities. But the sweeping changes that are likely over the next few decades must be treated as an opportunity to improve lives and “deliver better jobs”, according to the authors.

Union leaders at the TUC said without strong guidelines and action at a local level, communities in industrial cities and towns could suffer.

The report, based on research conducted by the New Economics Foundation thinktank, said the UK may be able to learn lessons from three places that had transformed themselves after going through difficult times: Bilbao in northern Spain, Eindhoven in Holland, and Iceland.

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