UK steel industry in crisis after lack of support in budget, union warns PM

A steel plant in Sheffield. Unite say the sector in Britain is shrinking, becoming less competitive and losing skilled jobs. Photograph: Monty Rakusen/Getty Images/Image Source

The government’s failure to support the ailing UK steel industry in last week’s budget has put thousands of jobs at risk, the prime minister has been told.

In a letter to Rishi Sunak, shared with the Guardian, the trade union Unite said it was “disappointed” that the government had not announced plans to tackle the “serious threats facing the sector”.