Calls to replace ‘unsustainable’ DTI strengthen

A new Department for Infrastructure should be created by the next prime minister to promote economic growth, employers’ groups have urged.

The EEF manufacturers organisation said the department should have a remit to take a strategic approach to energy, transport and planning issues.

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The EEF said that the current system was “unsustainable” as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) had overlapping responsibilities for promoting economic growth.

Martin Temple, EEF director-general, said: “There is now a persuasive case to put in place a single economic department with the responsibility of promoting economic competitiveness.”