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Blair McDougall

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Reindustrialisation), Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business and Trade, Labour Party

Official pages:UK Parliament GOV.UK

Track record

Cards: 1
Net cost of costed cards, a year: +£0.6bn; 1 of 1 cards costed
Funding named: 1 of 1
Status mix

Delivered: 0
In progress: 1
Not met: 0
Undone: 0
Unscoreable: 0

No score: the mix speaks for itself. Every actor is held to the same promise standard.

Promises

Labourin governmentCut manufacturers’ electricity bills by up to 25%“When it comes to energy costs, our British industrial competitiveness scheme will save more than 10,000 manufacturers up to 25% of their electricity bills.”In planReviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Transport & economyCosts £0.54bn to £0.66bn a yearBlair McDougall, 9 Sep 2026