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The number of people employed in manufacturing in the U.K. is at its highest level since September 2008.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/emp...a01jun2019.xls

Click on tab 6 and the numbers employed in each sector are tabulated.
In 1978, we made stuff. Nearly 7m out of a 42m working population were in manufacturing.

In 2019, 2.7m out of a 53m working population were in manufacturing.

We make a lot less than we used to.