BRITAIN is running a trade deficit of more than a billion pounds a week because of the lack of investment in manufacturing industry.
In an economy, public services are important.
But it is also important to invest in those industries that make things and produce goods.
Gordon Brown has poured an enormous amount of money into the public services but he has totally forgotten to invest in manufacturing industry.
S HALDEN.
Swindon
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