In the 2019 general election, the ruling party put forward a Manifesto committing to an Industrial Plan to Support Localisation as a key element of measures designed to drive investment, economic growth and create jobs. This Plan was endorsed by millions of voters and is the basis for government policy in this Administration. Research data outlined in previous replies to parliamentary questions (namely PQ 1880 and PQ 1881) set out in detail the evidence on which the specific targets were set as well as the extensive support from within the economy by business and workers for the policy stance, one increasingly being pursued in many different parts of the world.
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