EAST Lancashire MP Gordon Birtwistle is hoping to boost the area’s manufacturing sector with an event.
The assistant to Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander, is drumming up support for a manufacturing summit held at the University of Central Lancashire’s Burnley campus on June 20.
He hopes to persuade heavyweights such as business secretary Vince Cable to attend.
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