According to the Treasury, funding will become available in 2025 after the next general election (Image: Getty)
Car makers, aerospace companies and clean energy firms are to be handed a massive ￡4.5 billion funding boost.
The Treasury said that the funding will become available in 2025, after the next general election, providing industry with long-term certainty about investments.
Over ￡2 billion of the fund has been earmarked for the automotive industry, with ￡975million for aerospace manufacturers.
The money is intended to support the development of zero emission vehicles, as well as more energy efficient aircraft equipment, the Treasury said.
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More than half a billion pounds has been given to the life sciences sector, with another ￡960million also committed to a green industries growth accelerator plan.
The Treasury said that projects covering carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear energy and offshore wind would all be able to apply for funding as part of the plan to support clean energy.
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“Britain is now the eighth largest manufacturer in the world, recently overtaking France. To build on this success, we are targeting funding to support the sectors where the UK is or could be world-leading,” Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said.
The announcement comes ahead of a global investment summit later this month. Mr Hunt said that the new funding will generate returns from the private sector.
“Our ￡4.5billion of funding will leverage many times that from the private sector, and in turn will grow our economy, create more skilled, higher-paid jobs in new industries that will be built to last,” he said on Friday.
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch also said that it would ensure the Government “continue to help create jobs, grow the economy, and secure the future of great British manufacturing”.
She said: “The UK is a global hub for advanced manufacturing, with world-leading automotive, aerospace and maritime sectors.
Jeremy Hunt said that the new funding will generate returns from the private sector. (Image: Getty)
“This package builds on recent investment wins, such as the ￡4billion gigafactory, and the ￡600million invested to build the next generation of electric Minis, and ensures that the government can continue to help create jobs, grow the economy, and secure the future of great British manufacturing.”
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