Vivergo closure shows impact of tariffs

GMB Union says the closure of Hull and Redcar bioethanol plants shows the impact tariffs are having on UK industry.

 Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, GMB National Officer, said:

“This is the impact of tariffs and trade deals: working people losing their livelihoods.

“They’re not numbers in a spreadsheet. These are lives put on hold and communities potentially devastated.

“Commitment to green policy must mean commitment to green jobs.

“A clean energy industrial strategy means nothing if we cannot protects plants long enough to deliver clean energy jobs here in the UK.”