Britain | The government’s “industrial strategy”
A change of gear
The new prime minister signals a more hands-on approach to business
IF MAKING the gaffe-prone Boris Johnson foreign secretary was Theresa May’s most eyebrow-raising cabinet appointment, probably her most visible policy pronouncement since taking office on July 13th has been to signal the return of an “industrial strategy”.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “A change of gear”
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