Union accused Stramer of failing to give ‘Grengemouth Cash’

The Union officials of Granjmouth have accused the promise of £ 200M to “fail” to “distribute” to the Prime Minister to invest in the future of the industrial site.

In ownership of refinery, petroinos, Crude oil processing stopped in AprilLeading for direct losses of about 400 jobs and many others in the supply chain.

While a fuel distribution hub and a huge petrochemical plant are built, the Unite Union says a funding package was announced in February to support an infection for green energy projects.

The UK government said it was working to develop a “sustainable, long -term proposal” for the site.

Sir ker stormer Funding pledge From the National Wealth Fund to Granjmouth at the Scottish Labor Conference, it was “investment in the industrial future of Scotland”, telling the representatives.

But the Sangh claimed that the promised cash “not a penny” was spent so far.

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said: “It is rarely surprised that workers are getting away from labor when they fail to protect British jobs and important infrastructure.

“Promises made for Granjmouth workers are broken. Unite produced a clear plan to change the site, return the workers and create a promised green jobs.

“Government’s failure suggests that there is no plan for job infection.”

The UK and Scottish governments jointly fund a £ 1.5 meter viability study called Project Willow, which looked at alternative uses for the Granjmoth site.

Unite said it produced a wide and fully costing scheme of how infection could be made to supply permanent aviation fuel (SAF) to the refinery.

Granjmouth activist and senior association representative Chris Hamilton said that his colleagues and community members felt abandoned by lack of progress.

“Every month more and more people leave the site through excess with empty promises in their ears,” he said.

“This government may have forgotten what it had promised – but we have not done it. It should be followed at a pace with its promises and all should do that it can secure a permanent future for Granjmouth.”

In June, the Energy Minister of the Government of UK, Michael Sanks, Said that “soon” announcements will be held On the future of Granjmoth.

Shanx, who is also MPs from Ruthglane and Hamilton West, said the government was discovering a series of “exciting and viable” projects to secure long -term infections for the site.

At that time, he said that more than 80 potential investors came forward in the site, with the scottish enterprise dealing with hard work on the proposed projects.

A UK government spokesperson said: “We know that it has been an incredibly difficult time for workers and their families.

“When we came to power, there was no overall plan for the future of the Granjmouth Refinery and within weeks we gave an unprecedented support package.

“The National Wealth Fund is investing £ 200m and we are working closely with investors to pursue permanent, long -term proposals for the site.”

The National Wealth Fund is publicly owned and supported by Treasury, and invests with the private sector in projects in the UK – mainly focuses on the initiative supporting clean energy.

The UK government said that its objective was to direct the “tens of billions of pounds” of private investment to decarboize the British economy.

According to the UK government documents, an initial £ 5.8BN injection was imposed for green projects including “carbon capture, green hydrogen, ports, gigafctories and green steel”.