Responding to the Speech Launching the Labour Party’s New Campaign on Manufacturing

‘The problem manufacturing faces is not too few jobs being created, it’s too few candidates to fill them. Training, education and upskilling existing employees to progress in the manufacturing sector is a must.

‘Jeremy Corbyn has identified that a robust industrial strategy with people at its heart is needed, but he missed the opportunity to outline how a Labour government would like to keep investment in the UK and address key issues like a post-Brexit immigration that works.’