Under Labour plans, announced in full today, companies who bid for public contracts to build new infrastructure will have to show that they will create high quality British jobs or skills before winning a contract.
The news could see hundreds of billions of pounds of public money harnessed to boost jobs and drive growth across the country.
The news will be particularly welcome in Newport East. In the Spending Review earlier this month, Labour announced billions of pounds worth of investment in new infrastructure. This included major investment South Wales with the government announcing £445m of rail investment, which includes two new stations in Newport East.
The changes proposed by Labour are particularly excellent for the steel industry, which employs hundreds of highly skilled workers in Newport East, thanks to the government’s new plan that all major infrastructure and building projects must first look to procure steel made in Britain.
This will prioritise British made products over cheap imports, boosting the economy and creating jobs