‘An unjust transition’? Teesside locals divided over net zero after deindustrialisation
In the third in a series, the Guardian hears how Reform UK is targeting voters over green policies – which business says are bringing new jobs to the area
‘It breaks my heart’: how a refinery closure is hitting jobs and politics
‘They feel betrayed’: how Reform UK is targeting votes in Britain’s manufacturing heartlands
“We’re basically going through a deindustrialisation of the country at the moment and I think we’re losing a lot of jobs,” says John Mac, over a pot of tea in a bustling Caffè Nero in the centre of Stockton-on-Tees.
The local candidate for Reform UK worked for years at the Billingham plant of Imperial Chemical Industries’s (ICI), before taking voluntary redundancy in the 1990s. Continue reading...
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