A £3.5 BILLION investment in tidal power on Merseyside was announced by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn when he visited Liverpool today.
Mr Corbyn said the project would help reverse years of decline in the north and contribute to tackling climate change.
He attacked Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “failed policies of tax cuts for big businesses and the rich and neglect of Britain’s communities.”
And he contrasted them to Labour’s far-sighted proposals – including the party’s plan for a “Green Industrial Revolution.”
Labour plans to deliver 400,000 new jobs through schemes including the world’s biggest offshore windfarm in the North Sea.
Mr Corbyn said: “While Boris Johnson looks to the past and prioritises the interests of his wealthy friends, Labour is looking to the future with plans to ramp up investment in exciting projects like the Mersey Tidal Power Project, which will kick-start Labour’s Green Industrial Revolution, power up the north and create thousands of new jobs.
“The choice at the next general election will be stark. The new Prime Minister and his hard-right government have prioritised tax giveaways to the richest and big businesses and are staking all of our futures on a sweetheart trade deal with Donald Trump that would risk the takeover of our NHS by private US companies.
“A Labour government will offer real change with the expansion of investment in green industries and the communities that the Conservatives have spent the past nine years holding back.”
