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Transport Secretary writes letter to explain why saving Aycliffe jobs is 'complex'

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Shadow cabinet member Louise Haigh called for action to safeguard train manufacturing plants in Newton Aycliffe and Alstom in Derbyshire. Hitachi is currently working on its last trains for Avanti West Coast and East Midlands Railway. Japanese firm has said contracts to make more trains for the West Coast Mainline are the only viable way to plug the looming production gap.

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Transport Secretary writes letter to explain why saving Aycliffe jobs is 'complex'

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has written to his opposite number to ‘correct her’ on points she made in a letter to him regarding jobs at risk at Hitachi.

1 month ago·County Durham, United Kingdom

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