End of the Road in Sight for Car Scrappage Scheme
Nick with the Prime Minister at the Nissan plant last year
With the scheme closing soon, Minister for the North East and Newcastle East MP Nick Brown encourages the North East’s motorists to take advantage of the car scrappage scheme if they wish to do so, or risk missing out.
Figures released show that more than three quarters of the budget for the Labour Government’s hugely successful scrappage scheme has been used up by individuals and families, boosting UK car sales and helping the car industry through the downturn. Funding for less than 82,000 new vehicles orders is left for consumers to take advantage of under the scheme, as it nears its end.
Nick said: “Labour’s car scrappage scheme has kept our car industry going during these tough times. These figures show that time is running out for people in the North East to get a great deal on a new car by trading in their old one. If people have been thinking about taking advantage of the scrappage scheme then now is the time.
“Unlike the Tories who left the motor industry to sink or swim during the 1990’s, the Labour Government is investing through difficult times to give real help to people and protect jobs and businesses. Nowhere is this clearer than in the North East, where Labour Government investment in Nissan will see the birth of the electric car and the underpinning of a new industry for decades to come.”