STUC Congress in brief: April 16, 2024
ENERGY: Politicians’ talk of investment and jobs from Scotwind are “little more than hot air,” the Scottish TUC charges.
A new STUC report says less than £600 million has been provided by the British and Scottish governments of a minimum £2.5 billion required to scale up Scotland’s supply chain.
“In order to reach the target of 25,000 jobs, Scotland needs a minimum of 19 manufacturing sites. We currently have zero. That’s a chronic indication of the political rhetoric clearly not matching the action needed,” STUC general secretary Roz Foyer says.
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