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Consultation Response

Investing in Care and Social Infrastructure

WBG’s Consultation Response to the Industrial Strategy White Paper

In our response to the Government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper, we highlight the care sector as a crucial driver of sustainable growth, creating more jobs and lower emissions than traditional industries, such a manufacturing, that are often the focus of government industrial strategies. In order to truly unlock workforce potential and boost GDP, the Government must increase investment in social infrastructure, such as care, education, and health, to support the green transition, tackle economic inactivity, and address entrenched gender and racial inequalities. To ensure the industrial strategy meets these goals, we urge the Government to carry out comprehensive Equality Impact Assessments on each of the policies proposed within the paper, using robust data to measure and address the effects of government decisions on marginalised groups.

Read our full consultation response here.

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