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Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

UK steel industry has ‘two months to be saved’, warns Tata Steel

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government has “two months to save the UK steel industry”, a director of the country’s biggest steel firm has warned.

Russell Codling, director of markets business development at Tata Steel UK, warned MPs on Tuesday that the sector is “teetering on the brink” and needs urgent state support.

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