'It's not right and it isn't fair to leave our industry high and dry'

MP ACCUSES GOVERNMENT OF 'SELLING OUT' SALTEND PLANT

- By ANDREW SPENCE

AN East Yorkshire MP has accused the Government of leaving the Vivergo bioethanol plant “high and dry” while on a visit to the closure-threatened site.

The Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, visited the Vivergo Fuels site at Saltend Chemicals Park, near Hull, late last week to show support after warnings the plant could soon be forced to close.

Vivergo Fuels claims the US-UK trade deal, which was announced in May, will have a devastating impact on their plant and have called on the Government to act to save the plant from imminent closure.

The deal included the removal of the 19 per cent tariff on ethanol imported from the United States, which Vivergo claims could lead to the collapse of the UK's bioethanol industry as British companies will struggle to compete with the cheaper prices of the US imports.