Government’s gigafactory support fails key tests, say MPs

Liam Byrne MP

Over 160,000 jobs in the automotive sector would be imperilled unless the UK government acts with ambition and sets out a long term vision for what it wanted the industry to look like by 2030, and creates a clear plan of action to go with it.

This is a key warning in from the House of Commons’ Business and Trade Committee, which has published the government’s response to its batteries and electric vehicles report. In its response, the government pointed to its Advanced Manufacturing...