Tens of thousands of steel jobs are at risk unless Liz Truss throws the struggling industry a lifeline, the embattled Prime Minister was warned today.
A union chief told the Premier: “Back our steel industry now or risk losing it forever.”
In the starkest alert yet over the difficulties dogging the sector, Community steelworkers’ union general secretary Roy Rickhuss warned Ms Truss: “The stakes couldn’t be higher, and time is running out.