The financial crisis resulting from the crash of the last decade’s boom has led to a consensus that we need to re-balance the economy away from an over-dependence on credit-fuelled City finance, public spending, retail and housing to a sustainable economy driven by real businesses making and selling products and services the world needs. This is a huge opportunity for my home county of Norfolk. We have the science, industry and can-do spirit to lead a local economic revival. [read more]

In my regional paper, the EDP, I wrote today about how we must not let a crisis go to waste. By that I mean that challenges often lead to radical innovation and we cannot afford this reforming opportunity to pass us by. [read more]