Labour to launch manifesto for every region of England

Labour will launch a manifesto in every region of England under plans to hand “wealth and power back to every community”.

The regional manifestos will be launched alongside further details of the party’s £250 billion Green Transformation Fund, which the party said is an “investment blitz” on a scale unseen since the Second World War.

On Friday, shadow chancellor John McDonnell will say this investment will breathe new life into local economies across the country and bring pride back to communities by kickstarting a Green Industrial Revolution in every part of the UK.

He will also set out how Labour’s one million new green jobs will be distributed across each English region.

Labour said it will invest to make Britain a world leader in new technologies such as the production and transport of hydrogen, carbon capture and storage to make UK heavy industries the lowest carbon in the world, and three new steel recycling plants in Redcar, Workington and Corby, each creating over 1,000 jobs.

The party said it will invest in tidal lagoon and tidal stream technologies, nine plastics re-manufacture and recycling sites, and plants to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles in Stoke, Swindon and South Wales creating 5,000 jobs each.

There are plans for investment to support green energy manufacturing supply chains in eight ports, investment in the Northern Powerhouse Rail, and local rail expansion and improvement.

Mr McDonnell said: “This election is a chance to bring our country back together. Britain is one of the most unequal countries in Europe but under Labour that will change.

“Labour will govern for the whole of Britain, handing wealth and power back to every community and giving everyone a better life.

“Labour will deliver an investment blitz to rebuild our public services and kickstart a Green Industrial Revolution that will bring prosperity to every region while tackling the climate and environmental emergency head on.

“We’re investing in our collective future and your family’s future to get the economy moving again in every part of Britain, with new industries, better, well paid jobs and communities we can all be proud of.”

Jake Berry, Northern Powerhouse Minister, said: “This is a clear distraction from Corbyn’s failure to set out a Brexit plan.

“Every region in England outside of London voted to leave the European Union. If Corbyn’s Labour want to deliver for the people who live there, he should start with that.

“The only thing on offer from Labour is the chaos of another two referendums.”