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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

Boris Johnson urged to honour energy costs Brexit pledge to steelworkers

Nine out of 10 people living in steel towns want Boris Johnson to deliver on a Brexit pledge to slash costs for the industry.

During the bitter 2016 referendum campaign, Mr Johnson tweeted: “Steelworkers should vote for Brexit. Mad that we can't cut steel energy costs because of EU rules.”

But six years on, the sector is battling sky-high power prices which threaten to cripple their industry.

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