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Britain’s industry ‘on cliff edge’ over cost of electricity

Head of the SCI says high prices are a ‘national act of self-harm’ and calls for an independent review of net-zero strategy

26 February 2026

The Times
SCI CEO Sharon Todd features on Sky News piece 'The UK is losing the industry that makes everything'

16 January 2026

Sky News (link opens on YouTube)
There's been a serious hollowing out of supply chains over the last two decades, with lost manufacturing in a number of critical areas

Sharon Todd, CEO, SCI, 4 Nov 2025

BBC Radio 4 (available until 2 Dec 2025 to UK listeners only; interview starts at 24:40)
Britain can’t survive on Starmer’s soundbites – industry needs delivery, not more 'missions'

Sharon Todd, CEO, SCI

28 September 2025

LBC
UK life sciences losing out on £15bn a year to overseas rivals

24 March 2025

The Times
50 firms call for next PM to urgently draw up industrial strategy

22 June 2024

Mirror
What is industrial strategy? And why do Labour think the UK needs one?

19 June 2024

City A.M.
Britain has never needed an industrial strategy more than today

Comment by Paul Drechsler, President, SCI

13 May 2024

The Times
Parliament rallies to give Britain its science superpower back

Sharon Todd, CEO, SCI

15 April 2024

Science in Parliament [PDF]
MPs have accepted the UK needs a proper industrial strategy, but where is it?

Sharon Todd, CEO, SCI

12 February 2024

City A.M. (also syndicated in Yahoo Finance)
Is business loving Labour?

1 February 2024

Sky News
Industry body questions government’s ‘science superpower’ claims

29 January 2024

The Times

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