James Murray insists supplies are in the country to keep furnaces going
Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, national officer for the GMB union, has said she has been “wholly reassured” that raw materials are set to arrive at the Scunthorpe blast furnaces to ensure their continued operation.
Speaking on the BBC Breakfast programme, PA Media reports she told viewers:
I spoke to British Steel late yesterday evening and was wholly reassured, actually. I’m told that the coke that’s at Immingham Bulk Terminal will be paid for and unloaded over the next couple of days and that Government are working at pace to secure the rest of the raw materials that are currently on the ocean.
If we want to build hospitals, we need steel. If we want to build 1.5m homes, we need steel. If we want to expand Heathrow, we need steel.
Steel is a really critical part of our plan for change, as well as our national security. We want to support steel making here in the UK, and that’s why we’ve intervened
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/14/scunthorpe-british-steelworks-keir-starmer-tariffs-uk-politics-live
Author : Martin Belam
Publish date : 2025-04-14 07:37:00
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