The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation and the 1968 reorganisation of British manufacturing
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Dr Roy Edwards and Dr Anthony Gandy, Posted on:
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Finance and economics, Home affairs
On winning the 1964 election the new Labour government adopted an interventionist industrial policy. By the late 1960s a policy of amalgamation through merging firms was intended to deliver companies which could compete on a global basis, but the outcomes did not always match expectations.