Scrappage scheme success
11,943 families across Thames Valley have benefitted from Labour’s car scrappage scheme, brought in to the car industry through the recession, said Naz Sarkar, Labour’s candidate for Reading West, praising the scheme also for helping replace older vehicles with more efficient modern models.
The scheme, funded jointly by the Government and manufacturers, gave consumers £2000 towards a new car or van when they traded in a vehicle ten years old or more.
Naz said: “The car scrappage scheme, with a national take-up of 318,000, has been a major success, and has now been followed by a boiler scrappage scheme to help householders get more efficient heating systems in their homes. It’s been part of Labour’s successful strategy to get back to economic recovery, and has also contributed to the fight against climate change.”
Naz Sarkar is pictured with Ben Zielinski a resident in Minster who bought a new car using the scrappage scheme.
Ben said” I think the scrappage scheme has been a great success helping to save the car industry. I’m glad a Labour government has bought in this practical measure to combat the effects of the recession”
