As soon as the new Minister for Steel was appointed, I made sure to get in touch and let him know how important this is to our area. He’ll continue to hear from me a lot!
So I was delighted earlier this week, that he made it a priority to visit British Steel.
The negotiations between the Govt and British Steel are still ongoing, so I used the visit to hammer home to the Minister how important steel is to our community and that we must retain a virgin steel making capability in the UK – the natural home for that is Scunthorpe.
I’m looking forward to working with the Minister on this.