A Labour manifesto pledge, the national wealth fund has been in the works since March when business figures including former Bank of England governor Mark Carney and senior business executives were asked to form a taskforce.
The UK has launched a multi-billion pound national wealth fund to power green invest and infrastructure development in an effort to grow the economy. So far £7.3bn in state funds has been allocated so investments can be made 'immediately' in areas such as ports, manufacturing and renewable energy. The move is part of Labour's plans to grow the economy through planning reform, housebuilding targets and the creation of state-owned power company Great British Energy.
'The national wealth fund will reshape the way we approach public, private risk-sharing, providing private investors with the confidence needed to fund the technologies and infrastructure needed to drive growth and create new jobs', said the chair of the national wealth fund taskforce and CEO of the Green Finance Institute Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas.
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