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Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, visited builders’ merchant C&W berry, in Leyland, as he unveiled his vision for creating jobs throughout Lancashire.
Starmer held a question and answer session with staff members of the merchant and his plan to create jobs for construction workers, plumbers and installers upgrading homes and to build more than 1,000 local power projects.
Speaking in Leyland, he said: “The North West has a proud manufacturing sector that creates good jobs for thousands of families, but after 14 years of Tory chaos and decline, there are fewer jobs in the manufacturing sector here than there were at the last general election.
“It’s time for change. Only a Labour government will reverse the decline in manufacturing – our plans will build more in Britain, for Britain and create thousands of good jobs in our industrial heartlands and coastal communities.
“This General Election will be a choice – a choice between five more years of Tory decline in manufacturing, in living standards, and in our public services – or a changed Labour Party who will rebuild our industrial heartlands.”
The visit came as new Labour analysis of official government statistics confirms that 74,000 manufacturing jobs had been lost between now and the last general election in 2019.
This includes 4,000 jobs the part says have been lost in the North West.
