The UK government reacted too slowly to save the UK steel industry, says a cross-party report published today says.
Despite increased action by ministers to address both domestic and EU-wide policies that cripple the industry, about 4,000 jobs, or one fifth of the UK steel workforce, were lost in October. The crisis prompted EU ministers to hold talks at Britain’s request, and forced the UK government to pledge action on some of the industry’s…
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