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<p>As we rebuild, we must build back better, greener, and faster. This means supporting
green jobs, levelling up, accelerating our path to net zero, and creating long-term
advantage for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Spanning clean energy, buildings, transport, nature
and innovative technologies, the Ten Point Plan will mobilise £12 billion of government
investment to unlock three times as much private sector investment by 2030. In doing
so we will plan will we will support a further 90,000 green jobs across the UK by
2024, and up to 250,000 by 2030, building on the 460,000 jobs that already exist in
the low carbon economy today.</p><p> </p><p>Support for green jobs across the UK,
including the West Midlands, will be delivered by:</p><ul><li>Investing £1 billion
to make our homes, schools and hospitals greener, warmer and more energy efficient,
supporting around 50,000 jobs across the UK</li><li>Doubling the Green Recovery Challenge
Fund with an extra £40 million</li><li>Backing our world-leading automotive sector,
including in the West Midlands and North East and Wales to accelerate the transition
to electric vehicles, and transforming our national infrastructure to better support
electric vehicles. To support this acceleration, nearly £500 million will be spent
in the next four years for the development and mass-scale production of electric vehicle
batteries, and other strategic technologies as part of our commitment to provide up
to £1 billion, boosting international investment into our strong manufacturing bases
such as in the Midlands and North East, and safeguarding 169,000 jobs in the automotive
sector.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Ten Point Plan is the foundation towards a green industrial
revolution in the UK. We will set out further measures as we run up to COP26 to support
the growth of the low carbon economy – starting with the Energy White Paper.</p>
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