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Lucinda Cameron

Swinney ‘absolutely right’ to challenge Burnham on vetoed Chinese factory plan

Chinese firm Ming Yang had proposed to build a wind turbine factory in the Highlands (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Archive)

John Swinney was “absolutely right” to ask Andy Burnham to reconsider the UK Government’s block on plans by a Chinese firm to build a wind turbine factory in Scotland, a Holyrood minister has said.

Ming Yang had proposed building the facility in Ardersier, near Inverness, with the potential for creating up to 1,500 jobs.

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