Government urged to guarantee orders to secure future of train-making in Derby
The Government has to “stop dithering” and do everything in its power to secure the future of Derby’s Alstom train factory, Labour has said.
Speaking during a visit to the plant – the UK’s biggest rail assembly site – on Thursday, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds urged ministers to step in to vary existing contracts and bring forward plans for new trains and carriages.
Ms Reeves said: “Train manufacturing is such a vital part of the economy, both in direct jobs here at
