Exclusive: Strategies for life sciences to be published earlier but broader report expected in June

Labour’s long-awaited industrial strategy will not now be published until June, while ministers will bring forward plans for individual sectors in a bid to show they are working to kickstart growth, it has emerged.

Strategies for life sciences – highlighted by Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, in her high-profile growth speech in Oxfordshire – and advanced manufacturing, have been earmarked for early publication.