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Starmer pledges up to £2.5bn to help UK steel industry after Trump’s tariffs threat

US president announced a worldwide 25 per cent tariff on steel imports last week

The Independent UK

Government announces multibillion-pound plans to boost UK steel industry

The announcement follows the Government’s go ahead for expansion at Heathrow Airport which will require 400,000 tonnes of steel.

The Independent UK

Slap tariffs on Elon Musk's Teslas if UK hit with Donald Trump steel levies, Keir Starmer urged

The Prime Minister said his Government would put the ‘national interest first’

Evening Standard

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Starmer promises not to abandon UK steelworkers after Trump tariff blow

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was still considering the implications of Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on US steel imports.

Evening Standard

Heathrow to pledge to use UK steel and boost growth in third runway proposal

Airport’s chief executive to formally spell out expansion plans in speech at British Steel plant in Scunthorpe

The Guardian - UK

UK will not rush to respond as Trump tariffs take ‘sledgehammer to free trade’

US President Donald Trump has slapped a 25% tariff on imports of steel from the UK.

The Independent UK

Trump tariffs would be ‘devastating blow’ to UK steel industry

The US president has indicated he plans to put a 25% import tax on steel arriving in the US, with aluminium also hit by tariffs.

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UK steel industry calls for government to buy British in offshore wind push

Only 2% of steel used in British offshore wind projects in past five years was UK-made, study finds

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve fallen out with people’: the bruising debate over UK zonal energy pricing

Industry divided over whether plan to vary electricity cost depending on location really could make bills cheaper for all

The Guardian - UK

UK steel industry calls for protectionist measures over glut driven by China

Lobby group UK Steel said country faces ‘cliff edge’ in 2026 when current protections run out

The Guardian - UK

North Sea firms claim windfall tax risks 35,000 jobs and £12bn in tax receipts

Industry group says plans for tougher taxes would ‘trigger an accelerated fall’ in output and investment

The Guardian - UK

British electricity prices could hinder switch to green technology, says steel industry

UK Steel says British firms paid prices in spring well over double French and Spanish equivalents

The Guardian - UK

UK officials recommend extending post-Brexit steel quotas

Kemi Badenoch to make final decision on protections amid British industry fears of possible flood of imports

The Guardian - UK

‘A golden opportunity’: Port Talbot fights to keep its steelmaking tradition alive

Tata’s plan for greener steel would see a four-year shutdown in Wales but unions and locals are adamant there is another way

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UK to introduce carbon tax on steel imports from 2027

Plan, which aims to support domestic producers, will also apply to iron, ceramics and cement

The Guardian - UK

Fresh calls to scrap Cumbrian coalmine amid steel industry’s green push

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

Daily Mirror

New pollution limits could 'suffocate steel firms without help to go green'

Campaigners warned companies in the threatened industry need support to move to environmentally-friendly processes before it is too late

Daily Mirror

Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry

Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"

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Steelworkers march on Parliament in last-ditch bid to save 'crumbling' industry

Staff from Britain's six steelmaking firms will converge on Westminster for a rally minutes before Prime Minister's Questions

Daily Mirror

Tories have 'murdered' manufacturing says union leader amid fury at missing plan

MPs and unions today blasted the lack of an industrial strategy from the Government as fears grow about the impact on a series of firms and the wider economy

Daily Mirror

Tories 'sleepwalking into death of Britain’s steel industry', warns union leader

Fresh fears have been raised about the future of the sector after a major report found the UK “falling further behind in the race to develop green steel plants”

Wales Online

'£300m for Port Talbot steelworks falls woefully short of what's needed to save the Welsh steel industry'

Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens and Newport West MP Jessica Morden argue the government is putting the steel industry's future at risk

Daily Mirror

Steel firms plead for energy price help as costs soar to 30 times historic average

Trade body UK Steel has taken the unusual step of issuing a public plea for the extension of a scheme aimed at supporting the energy-intensive industry as costs rockets

Daily Mirror

Steel industry calls for fresh help as Tories prepare to gather for conference

The sector issued a new warning about the impact of high electricity prices hammering production costs

Daily Mirror

Cheap Chinese steel 'set to flood UK if trade measures are axed'

The warning comes after the Trade Remedies Authority recommended scrapping protections aimed at stopping imports of low-cost metal overwhelming British producers

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