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UK’s 2025 Industrial Strategy: Net Zero Priority, National Electricity Pricing Reform, CBAM 2027, and Streamlined Planning for Energy, AI and Infrastructure

Published on: 22 July 2025

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Background to the making of this Strategy

The ‘Strategy’ sets out a decade-long programme to boost private investment and build UK industries for the years ahead. Inside the Strategy, the government presents the shift to net zero as the defining economic chance of this century, stressing that any path to macroeconomic resilience or lasting expansion must rest on a robust route to net zero. The impetus for the Strategy is unambiguous. The incoming Labour administration cites past governments’ shortcomings as both overly prescriptive and insufficiently interventionist. According to the government, the UK has lacked the agility required to react to market shifts. The Strategy prioritises delivery and is anchored in the hurdles and prospects of the coming ten years. In line with recent economic and regulatory developments, businesses are bringing environmental measurement and reduction to the forefront of growth strategies, reinforcing the Strategy’s practical, delivery-first outlook today. Put simply, sustainable growth and economic stability demand a convincing net zero plan, and the Strategy is designed to deliver exactly that in practice...

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