A Reform government would partially nationalise Rolls-Royce as a quid pro quo for helping it ramp up its small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear programme “as fast as it possibly can”, its policy chief has said. In a wide-ranging interview setting out his party’s plans for the UK economy, Zia Yusuf told City AM that Reform would actively “accelerate our national champions”, taking inspiration from Donald Trump’s decision to buy a stake in US chipmaker Intel. “What we would do, is say, Rolls-Royce,…
