Facts first. Parties second.
3 articles
steel industry
Britain's steelmakers now pay nearly £30 per MWh more than French rivals due to gas-set wholesale prices, despite renewables growth, undercutting reindustrialisation and EU exports.
steel industry
Official receiver prefers Blastr, a novice Norwegian firm, for SSUK assets amid repeated state bailouts. This foreign sale exposes chronic failure to sustain domestic steel control.
Brexit
Importing twice the steel it produces, relying on EU buyers for 78% of exports, and having no negotiated protections, Britain faces an 'existential threat' to its steel industry after the EU imposed 50% tariffs. This article explores the institutional failures and economic realities behind this crisis.