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<p>As set out in the Industrial Strategy White Paper we will prioritise agreeing Local
Industrial Strategies with areas that have the potential to drive wider regional growth,
focusing on clusters of expertise and centres of economic activity.</p><p>At the Budget
we confirmed that we will work in partnership with Greater Manchester Mayoral Combined
Authority to develop a Local Industrial Strategy. The Second Devolution Deal for the
West Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority included a commitment to produce a Local
Industrial Strategy. In addition, as part of the Government’s overarching vision to
drive economic growth and productivity in the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Corridor,
we invited the Corridor’s LEPs, along with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoral
Combined Authority, to begin the development of Local Industrial Strategies.</p><p>
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