Scunthorpe has provided the platform for Labour’s pledge to invest alongside the steel industry in green technology and innovation.
Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer visited British Steel, where he committed to supporting the foundation industry should his party sweep to power in the next general election. It comes a month after Secretary of State Kemi Badenoch's visit.
The North Lincolnshire town was a high profile red wall loss for Labour in the 2019 vote, with Holly Mumby-Croft taking the seat. She has made support of the steelworks' return to prosperity a major priority, fighting to secure trade safeguarding extensions in her time in Westminster.
