British industry: Nick Comfort on manufacturing changes

Name: British industry: Nick Comfort on manufacturing changes
Uploaded: 2013-01-15T10:51:50.000Z
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Description: Souvenirs for The Queen's coronation 60 years ago were almost entirely British-made, but UK manufacturing has been in decline and many big names are now in foreign hands, or have disappeared.

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Souvenirs for The Queen's coronation 60 years ago were almost entirely British-made, but UK manufacturing has been in decline and many big names are now in foreign hands, or have disappeared.

Journalist Nick Comfort has been covering the changes, and the political decisions, for 20 years and he looked at the state of UK industry for the Daily Politics.

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UK Politics

15 January 2013