Labour leadership hopeful, Yvette Cooper, will soon announce two major goals as part of a new economic vision for Labour. The formal speech will take place during the forthcoming hustings activities with leadership rivals Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall and Jeremy Corbyn at a conference organised by trade union Unison in Manchester. During her trip she will visit the National Graphene Institute to highlight her plans for “Reaching out to businesses to work collectively in a shared endeavour on science investment”
Cooper will say “We are being left behind as a nation. Some regions are being left behind faster than others. Our society is becoming more unfair. There’s more insecurity, and not just those on the lowest incomes but also those on middle incomes.”
She believes that there needs to be a revolution in science and research to help Britain find a place in the new world economy. As such she would firstly set an economic ambition to increase a ‘collective’ investment from both the public and private sector in science and research and development of 3% GDP. Secondly she would look to a target of 2 million new ‘high-skilled manufacturing jobs’.
Cooper believes; “This should be Labour’s mission. And it is why at the centre of my leadership campaign is the determination to reset the relationship with business – a relationship in real need of a recovery. We will only deliver the jobs and prosperity we need, and also tackle injustice and inequality in future if we have a strong partnership between Government and business and between Labour and business.”
Visit the yvettefolabour campaign website for information on Yvette Cooper’s New Economic Vision for Labour and her campaign for Labour leadership
