Labour government 'urgently exploring options' to save County Durham Hitachi Rail plant

Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Sir Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, and new transport secretary Lou Haigh have all committed over recent weeks and months that a Labour administration would act to protect the major trainbuilding plant in Newton Aycliffe, where hundreds of jobs are at risk due to a gap in orders. Labour had claimed that the previous Tory government had the power to save the factory with the stroke of a pen by extending the manufacturing giants existing contracts, pledging it would do that if it were in power and then also deliver a long-term strategy that would end a boom-and-bust cycle for the rail industry.