The leaders of the world’s biggest green energy companies have promised more than £24bn of new private investment across Great Britain ahead of a meeting with the prime minister on Friday.
Keir Starmer is expected to meet the green energy bosses on the sidelines of the first Council of Nations and Regions in Edinburgh to discuss the multibillion-pound projects just days before the government’s international investment summit next week.
Starmer said the tidal wave of private sector spending was “a huge vote of confidence” in the government’s “relentless focus to drive growth across the UK”, which would create thousands of jobs in the UK’s nations and regions.
“Whether you’re in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or England – we are creating the conditions for businesses to thrive, and our international investment summit will be a springboard for every part of the UK…
