The Industrial sector traditionally employs a high non academic workforce, much as construction does. They may not be academic but are nevertheless highly skilled with the right training. My point is solely that if the UK industrial base was reignited there would be many jobs created for those...
Because we have virtually no industrial base at present. The industrial revolution was a major turning point in global economies and industry still forms the basis of the worlds biggest economies, the USA and China. We were once amongst the world leaders in car, ship and aircraft technological...
This country needs to build its industrial base again, basically starting from scratch. Couple that with the education and training to work in industry and the economy will grow and poverty will be reduced. Yes it will take investment, but if £100 billion can be spent on HS2, then why not.