Jaguar Land Rover is to build a new electric car battery factory in the UK, creating thousands of jobs
Jonathan Reynolds, shadow business secretary, said: "Labour welcomes any investment in British jobs and industry and decisions like these vindicate Labour's advocacy of an industrial strategy in place of scattergun announcements.
"That's why a Labour Government will go further with a proper industrial strategy, investing in eight gigafactories and delivering clean energy by 2030."Our plans for the car industry will deliver 80,000 additional jobs and billions in economic growth ensuring announcements like this aren't a one-off but the basis for a growing economy with good jobs in our industrial heartlands.
Reports have indicated that the gigafactory will be located at the Gravity business park, a 616-acre site currently under construction near the M5 motorway near Bridgwater. "There is a genuine fear in the industry that it could sweep up all available government support, which would be hugely detrimental to the future health of the UK in the race to zero.
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