Rebecca Long-Bailey, Labour's shadow business secretary, spoke at the Honda march earlier this year Picture: CLARE GREEN
LABOUR'S shadow business secretary will announce plans later today to invest £2.3bn in three electric battery plants.
Under its "Green New Deal" proposals, the party has suggested factories churning out the electric car batteries could be built in Swindon, Stoke and south Wales.
And the Swindon plant could be on the site of the Honda plant in South Marston, currently expected to shut in 2021.
The town's Conservative MPs say the plans lack detail.
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Labour wants to invest £2.3bn in electric battery plants in Swindon, Stoke and south Wales. Could it work - or is it just another nice-to-have?
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