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David Higham's avatar

On a point of detail, it was Major rather than Thatcher that abolished NEDC. She scaled by the frequency of meetings but they still took place, even if no one paid them much attention. Indeed, ironically,, it was Michael Heseltine, a long time advocate of industrial policy who was behind the closure. FWIW I think the current IS follows the Heseltine model..

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Sam B's avatar

Do you think the current crop of civil service leaders - who largely got to the top during what I think you would call a neoliberal era - are a problem in implementing this?

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