Last week's poll: Policy priorities for UK government

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The UK faces challenges that could be addressed if policy makers consulted with engineers on the best ways to tackle them.

To this end, the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has called on government to work with them on investing in skills, innovation, digital and traditional infrastructure, and clean energy technologies.

New policy centre to drive engineering’s dialogue with government

NEPC has published a manifesto titled Engineering priorities for our future economy and society that outlines 20 actions across these five areas, and last week we asked Engineer readers to pick out their number one policy priority.

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In a close run poll, 37 per cent of readers chose skills, followed by a third (33 per cent) who think energy and climate change should be addressed via the development and deployment of new low-carbon heat, EV charging, and CCS technologies.

Just under a fifth (18 per cent) want to see traditional infrastructure prioritised, followed by nine per cent who think Innovate UK’s budget should be increased. The remaining three per cent saw digital skills and supporting infrastructure as the UK’s top policy priority.

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