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A solar power farm at Yealhampton in Devon
by our Industrial reporter @TrinderMatt
TORY ministers must end the “national scandal” of exporting skilled green jobs overseas, GMB has demanded.
The energy union said the bulk of manufacturing and assembly work for the renewable energy sector is outsourced to China or the Middle East, despite it being heavily subsidised by British taxpayers.
Long-term control over rising costs and energy supplies will only happen if domestic industries involving onshore green manufacturing jobs are helped to develop, GMB stressed.
Campaigners urge government to ignore profiteering oil lobbyists and help those hit hardest by rising energy prices
CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits
