As the UK seeks to reassert global economic leadership and accelerate decarbonisation, private capital has a critical role to play in driving clean technology innovation, scale-up, and deployment. The following letter to the Chancellor sets out a unified call from the Cleantech for UK coalition — a group of leading investors managing over £9 billion in assets—to prioritise cleantech in the upcoming Spending Review and Industrial Strategy. Drawing on investor insights and market data, it outlines the policy reforms needed to attract investment, close the scale-up funding gap, and ensure the UK remains globally competitive in the race for clean industrial leadership.
