Recommendation 5

Abolition of the Industrial Strategy Council suggests that the Government’s commitment to coordinated industrial policy that can withstand and benefit from independent scrutiny has waned. The Council’s abolition risks expanding the gap between Government and the industries that must deliver productivity improvements, economic growth and achieve the UK’s net zero target, as well as limiting the transparency of the Government’s industrial policy objectives and Post-pandemic economic growth: Industrial policy in the UK 49 progress.