The Constituency of Durham North West

The goverment offered LG Philips a 20 million pound grant to switch to flatscreen production at its plant in Durham according to Hilary Armstrong:

Failed electronics factory LG Philips in Durham turned down a £20m grant for new technology.

The site is set to close in July with the loss of 760 jobs after the demand for tube televisions collapsed.

Now it has been revealed the firm turned down Government cash to move to flatscreen technology in 1999.

Hilary Armstrong, Labour candidate for North West Durham, said: "We offered LG Philips a grant of £15m to £20m to invest and move to flatscreen technology."

Plant manager David Coppock said the grant had been for widescreen sets which involved the same manufacturing process of cathode ray tubes. He said Durham was never chosen by the company to become a widescreen operation.

Hilarys website has also been updated.

The front page has been updated with the following:

Over £22million on new school buildings in North West Durham

Did they save that money from not giving it to LG Philips or is this private money..where companies make a profit out of running a hospital?

Also a new "news" story has been added, not sure why they make the dates up on the stories as because this story was added yesterday or today not on Sunday like the date suggests.

HILARY ARMSTRONG BACKS DRIVE TO “MAKEpovertyHISTORY”

I wonder if they could Pfi that?