Greg Clark, the business secretary, made the offer in a letter to the Carlos Ghosn, then the head of Nissan, in October 2016, months after the EU referendum. Until now the government has refused to publish details of the letter because of commercial confidentiality. At the time Mr Clark said “there was no special deal for Nissan” to secure its investment and Downing Street denied there was a “sweetheart deal”. As The Times reported this morning the government eventually committed to giving the company about £60 million. Mr Clark confirmed this afternoon that an…

Source: The Times February 04, 2019 17:03 UTC