governmentnot planned to be much more concrete and detailed. is that the government is talking about are correct, but there is a lack of clear, strategy, and that the policies that are going to underpin that strategy. without that clear, long term plan, it is not. business can t get behind it, can t have the confidence. it is business can t get behind it, can t have the confidence. have the confidence. it is time to ower u- have the confidence. it is time to power up the have the confidence. it is time to power up the future. have the confidence. it is time to power up the future. just - have the confidence. it is time to power up the future. just down i have the confidence. it is time to i power up the future. just down the road in blyth power up the future. just down the road in blyth is power up the future. just down the road in blyth is a power up the future. just down the road in blyth is a business - power up the future. just down the road in blyth is a business that -
long term plan, it is not. business can t get behind it, can t have the confidence. it is time to power up the future. just down the road in blyth is a business that was supposed to be at the heart of a green industrial strategy, making electric car batteries, but britishvolt collapsed last week, and its founders say the battery manufacturing sector is doomed unless the government ramps up support. to drive growth long term, optimism alone won t be enough. andy verity, bbc news. earlier we heard from helen thomas, ceo at the financial consultancy firm blonde money, who gave us her thoughts on what the government can actually do about inflation. it s actually do about inflation. interesting, rishi sunai promises it s interesting, rishi sunak s five promises for the year ahead and they do not like to make promises they cannot keep. and to associate that
of the conservatives out of government because they have shown that they are not fit to govern, they crashed the economy, they are full of sleaze and scandal, and they are the ones that are doing the uk down at the moment. what we need is an optimistic government that has a plan to take us into growth, into the future. businesses like this robotics plant in blyth, northumberland, welcomed the government optimism, but to invest in the future, they need a government plan to be much more concrete and detailed. the themes that the government is talking about are correct, but there is a lack of clear, strategy, and that the policies that are going to underpin that strategy. without that clear, long term plan, it is not. business can t get behind it, can t have the confidence. it is time to power up the future. just down the road in blyth is a business that was supposed to be at the heart of the green industrial strategy, making electric car batteries, but it collapsed last week,
goal. it may be seen unrealistic but that s our goal. what we know we are going to do is reduce recidivism. we know that for a fact. still on what has about this has impacted you can compare experience? there s nothing that i ve experienced in business that can replicate the feeling of seeing someone get out of prison, walking through the gates, and being free. there is nothing like that. business can t be compared at all and one example, darnell hill who is in one of our first groups, he served 24 years in prison, he actually was a cellmate with his dad at that point which is kind of amazing. so he grew up, his dad was a criminal, he recruited his son, so there s a chance just like you never really had a first chance, but his wife waited for him for 24 years and i m standing next to her when darnell walked out the gates.
it may be seen unrealistic but that s our goal. what we know we are going to do is reduce recidivism. we know that for a fact. laura: what about this has impacted you can compare experience? there s nothing that i ve experienced in business that can replicate the feeling of seeing someone get out of prison walking through the gates, and being free. there is nothing like that. business can t be compared at all and one example, darnell hill who was in one of our first groups, he served 24 years in prison, he actually was a cellmate with his dad at that point which is kind of amazing. so he grew up, his dad was a criminal, he recruited his son so there s a chance just like you never really had a first chance, but his wife waited for him for 24 years and i m standing next to her when darnell walked out the gates. you can have an ito, that s