Steel campaigners will hand a union-backed petition into Downing Street next week pleading for help for the industry.
More than 11,500 people have put their names to a list of demands calling on the Government to “act to ensure our infrastructure is built with our steel; intervene to support industry and stimulate steel demand; implement trade arrangements that are fair and friction-free; create a level playing field so we can compete; and develop an industrial strategy with steel at its core”.
Crippling energy costs and cheap foreign imports threaten the sector’s future.
