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Minister: Battery factory is brilliant news for Britain

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Minister: Battery factory is brilliant news for Britain

Minister: Battery factory is brilliant news for Britain

Energy Secretary Grant Shapps says Tata’s announcement that a £4 billion battery factory will be opened in the UK as “brilliant news for Britain”.

Report by Blairm.

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