Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the decision by Siemens and Associated British Ports to invest in wind turbine production and installation facilities in Hull, said:

“This investment will be warmly welcomed across the Humber, not least by Hull’s MPs, councillors and local businesses who have campaigned for it ever since Siemens announced its decision to invest in new manufacturing facilities in 2010, under the last Labour Government.

“All too often in the past the UK has missed out on investment because of the Government’s mixed messages on clean energy. As this decision shows, the UK has the potential to be a world leader in clean energy. Labour would provide the certainty and clarity investors need to create more jobs and manufacturing in Britain by setting a decarbonisation target for 2030.”