Starmer pledges to avoid rerun of 1980s deindustrialisation with clean energy plans
by Richard Partington Economics correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6R7RN)
Prime minister suggests there will be more public money made available for new technologies
Keir Starmer has signalled his government will drastically increase its green investment plans in an attempt to avoid a rerun of 1980s-style industrial decline by safeguarding jobs in heartland manufacturing communities.
On a visit to a Merseyside glass factory on Friday to unveil billions of pounds in funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, the prime minister suggested there would be more public money made available for new technologies.
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