Anas Sarwar says Labour clean energy plan will create 70,000 jobs in Scotland as general election campaign heats up

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Anas Sarwar has said his party’s green energy revolution will create nearly 70,000 jobs in Scotland.He said the new posts will be linked to renewables and the party’s plan for insulating homes.UK Labour leader Keir Starmer has promised the creation of GB Energy - a publicly-owned clean energy firm - will be an early priority for a Government he leads.He was on the general election campaign trail last week in Glasgow and confirmed the company will be based in Scotland.He previously said 50,000 jobs would be supported by the plans, but in his Record column Scottish Labour leader Sarwar has gone further.He wrote: “That is why it’s so important that, as we move towards a cleaner and greener Scotland, we ensure that this is a transition which creates jobs not takes them away.He previously said 50,000 jobs would be supported by the plans, but in his Record column Scottish Labour leader Sarwar has gone further.He wrote: “That is why it’s so important that, as we move towards a cleaner and greener Scotland, we ensure that this is a transition which creates jobs not takes them away.“In total Labour's transformative Green Prosperity Plan will create 69,000 jobs right across the country.“This includes 53,000 clean power jobs in industries like offshore wind, carbon capture, hydrogen, and solar – all driven forward by a publicly-owned GB Energy company headquartered right here in Scotland.“Our Warm Homes Plan will create another 16,000 jobs including plumbers and construction workers, as well as delivering warmer homes and lower bills for thousands of Scots.He added: “We will make Grangemouth home to the industries of the future, with a decarbonisation hub and linked carbon capture and storage project.“Right across the board, we