It’s Time to Reindustrialise Britain – And Only Reform UK Will Do It
Why Cambridge, Huntingdonshire, the Fens, Peterborough and the UK Deserve More Than Talk from the Lib Dems or Tories
For decades, successive governments have talked about “growth,” “levelling up,” and “green innovation” — but what have they delivered? Flat wages. Fragile supply chains. Mass immigration. And a country that imports more than it makes.
We believe Britain must reindustrialise — and that means building a modern economy rooted in skills, sovereignty, and real production. Not handouts. Not more housing estates. And certainly not more hot air from the Liberal Democrats or Conservatives.
Reform UK is the only party with the courage and clarity to deliver it.
Reindustrialisation: What It Means and Why It Matters
Real Jobs, Not Just Service Work
The UK economy is dangerously unbalanced. For too long, we’ve depended on financial services in London while ignoring the rest of the country. The result? Former industrial areas hollowed out, with generations of people stuck in insecure, low-paid service jobs.
We need to rebuild high-skill, high-pay sectors:
Advanced manufacturing
Energy production
Defence and aerospace
Engineering and transport tech
Food processing and logistics
These are not backward-looking industries — they are the future. And Britain can lead, but only with leadership that understands real economic growth.
Secure Supply Chains and Economic Sovereignty
COVID-19 and the Ukraine war proved that outsourcing everything has made us dangerously vulnerable. From semiconductors to pharmaceuticals to fertiliser, we are reliant on foreign governments — some of them hostile — for basic national needs.
We must make more at home. That means reshoring critical industries, investing in British factories, and ending dependence on global supply chains that put profit over resilience.
Why the Liberal Democrats Can’t Deliver Reindustrialisation — Especially in Cambridge
Cambridge is home to world-class research and innovation. But the Liberal Democrats have no interest in converting that excellence into national industrial strength. Their policies are rooted in ideology, not reality.
What the Lib Dems Offer:
An obsession with EU re-alignment that prioritises bureaucracy over business
A fixation on net zero timelines without building the UK capacity to actually deliver green tech
Support for mass immigration instead of investing in local skills and training
A belief in top-down planning and regulation, instead of enterprise and entrepreneurship
Cambridge is a showcase city — but what about Ely? Wisbech? Chatteris? Littleport? These towns have been utterly neglected by the Lib Dems in County Control. Why? Because their version of “growth” doesn’t include real jobs or real people — it includes fantasy slogans, vanity projects, and a very apparent lack of ideas.
Liberal Democrat priorities:
Cycle lanes
Climate declarations
British industry
Working-class opportunity
That’s not good enough. Reform UK will change that.
Why the Conservative Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will not deliver.
It’s not just the Lib Dems. The Conservative-led Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) is also failing to deliver real growth. Their economic model is stuck in the past — and it shows.
Their Core Belief?
That housebuilding equals growth. But we know the truth:
You don’t build a stronger economy by pouring concrete.
Housing estates without jobs = more commuters, more congestion, and more pressure on stretched services.
Real growth comes from entrepreneurs, business owners, manufacturers, and job creators — not property developers.
Yet the CPCA is packed with people who’ve never run a business, never created a job, and have no idea how to foster innovation outside of university or council walls. Their funding goes to reports, committees, and “strategies” — not to the entrepreneurs and job creators who actually create value.
Ask yourself: what major industry or innovation has the CPCA helped build in the last five years? Now compare that to how many thousands of new homes they’ve rubber-stamped with no matching infrastructure or enterprise.
Reform UK’s Plan: A Real Industrial Strategy for Cambridgeshire and Britain
1. National Industrial Strategy
Reform UK will lead with a bold, central strategy focused on:
Advanced manufacturing
Technology built in Britain
Domestic energy independence
Digital infrastructure that supports business, not just big tech
We’ll use targeted tax cuts, deregulation, and procurement reform to boost UK-based production — especially in regions outside London.
2. Rebuild Supply Chain Sovereignty
Strategic funding to re-shore critical industries (medicine, defence, electronics)
A UK Sovereign Supply Chain Act to prioritise domestic resilience over globalist outsourcing
Stop relying on China, India or the EU to deliver what Britain should produce itself
3. Entrepreneur and SME Support
Tax cuts for small manufacturers and exporters
Simplified business rates for local producers
Export enterprise zones with regulatory freedom for new industrial clusters
4. Regional Growth, Not Just Housing
End the myth that housebuilding = growth
Invest in skills, transport, energy, and enterprise
Create real growth in places like Peterborough, Ely, March, Wisbech — not just Cambridge postcodes
5. A Skills Revolution
Guarantee an apprenticeship or trade pathway for every young person under 25
Expand technical colleges and industry-led training centres
End the university-for-all approach and promote skilled trades, engineering, and applied science
Cambridgeshire Deserves Better
This region has the brains, the land, the location, and the people. What it lacks is a party that believes in British industry and has the policies to support it.
Reform UK is that party.
We’re not here to manage decline. We’re here to build a sovereign, skilled, and self-reliant Britain — and it starts with bringing industry home.
VOTE REFORM UK – FOR A BRITAIN THAT BUILDS AGAIN
Back British workers
Support local enterprise
Restore national self-reliance
Say no to globalist economics
And yes to a real economic future for Cambridgeshire
No more empty Lib Dem policy or speeches.
No more Tory housebuilding schemes.
Time to reindustrialise, retrain, and rebuild Britain.
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