Doubts on UK industrial strategy cloud investment push at summit

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at a press conference, during his visit to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 2, 2024. BENJAMIN CREMEL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

WHEN UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes business leaders to a major investment summit in London today, his message to executives from the likes of BlackRock, Vodafone and GSK will be simple: plow your cash into Britain.

But undermining his sales pitch is the ongoing uncertainty over his new administration’s industrial strategy.