'Government must do more to prevent 'devastating' local job losses

A NUMBER OF THE REGION'S ENERGY SITES FACE CLOSURE

- By ANDREW SPENCE

A GROUP of politicians from across Hull and East Yorkshire have come together to urge government ministers to "not take their eyes off the ball" as a number of local energy sites face closure.

Two East Yorkshire MPs, Charlie Dewhirst and Graham Stuart, have joined with Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor Luke Campbell and the leaders of both Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, to write to Ed Miliband, the Energy Security & Net Zero Secretary, and Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds.

In the letter, they say "the Government must do more" to prevent the closures of the Vivergo Fuels bioethanol plant at Saltend and the Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire.