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Tory Minister Greg Clark has revealed the promises the government made to Nissan to convince them to stay in the UK.

The Japanese car manufacturer pledged last week to keep its plant in Sunderland open after Brexit .

Nissan said they had been given 'assurances' by the Government, which had helped them make their decision.

And Labour has been demanding they publish the details of the assurances, concerned they are offering Nissan a "sweetheart deal", instead of having a broader industrial strategy.

But this morning, Mr Clark said the assurances were available to both the wider car industry and to industry in general - and offered to outline the details of what was in the letter from the Government to Nissan point by point.

He told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "I can tell you exactly what’s in the letter."

He said there were “four key points. Three of them on the industry generally, and the fourth about Brexit .

1. We will provide funding for training

“We’re going to continue our approach with the sector to make competitive and independently assessed funds available to all companies for training, skills and all the rest of it.”

2. We will bring the ‘supply chain’ back to the UK

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“The second one is about place. One of the things we’ve made a commitment to over recent years is whether in Sunderland or whether in the West Midlands, we regenerate sites so that the supply chain - the small and medium sized businesses that supply the majors. In the past, up to now, many of them have been overseas.

“So there is a joint initiative with the industry, to bring them home, and we confirmed that continues to be our ambition.”

3. We will be at the leading edge of research and development

"The third is a particularly exciting one, which is the future of the automotive sector.

"We have huge strengths in science and research as you know, and the motor industry is changing very rapidly. Electric vehicles for example.

"So what Nissan and others wanted to know is are we committed to being at the leading edge of research and development, and we are.

"Actually the creation of my department, which brings energy and industry together is a very good example of how you can get our leadership in renewable energy paired with our leadership in automotive and put that forward.

4. We will try to achieve tariff free trade

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"There are two components - the first is to be very clear about what we want from the negotiations, which is to find that common ground between our European friends and neighbours and ourselves.

"And whatever happens, given that we can’t know the outcome that we have through our industrial strategy, which is very important to the Japanese in particular, who have long had one, that we make a commitment to keep competitive the United Kingdom industry."

Mr Clarke did not explain what would happen if the government failed to achieve an agreement for tariff free trade.

He said: "They were the assurances that gave confidence, I’m delighted to say, that allowed these jobs to be safeguarded and enhanced.