Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the failure of the Britishvolt project in Northumberland shows the UK is falling behind other countries in the race for green jobs.
Speaking on a visit to the North East, Ms Reeves said Britishvolt going into administration after it was unable to access promised Government funding was due to a lack of commitment to green industries from Ministers.
Britishvolt - which had hoped to create 3,000 jobs at Cambois with a factory to build batteries for electric vehicles - is likely to be sold to Australian firm Recharge Industries after going into administration. The company had been promised £100m in Government support, but was unable to access the funding after not meeting benchmarks set by Ministers.
