British steel for underwater cables bringing electricity to #Devon from #Morocco - boost UK Steel Charter event mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…​ #SaveOurSteel #UKSteelCharter

A big thank you UK Steel Community Union and Britishvolt for today's UK Steel Charter event which reinforced the need for a strong steel industry & for the Government to make, buy and sell more in Britain. Good for communities, our national security, jobs & hitting Net zero!

✍️ We’re pleased to have signed the UK Steel Charter and join their relaunch event in Parliament today. A sustainable supply of UK steel is vital to sectors such as #rail. ✅ Great to see support from across the House with @beisgovuk Minister Lee Rowley and Stephen Kinnock.

Fantastic to join Community Union, Britishvolt, XLCC, Stephen Kinnock and Lee Rowley in Parliament today to celebrate the UK Steel Charter and the importance of steel to our economy, our environment and our communities.

Great to join colleagues today for the re-launch of UK Steel Charter. Steel is *not* a sunset industry - it is a cornerstone for our present & future prosperity. It is right - for our communities, our economy, & our net zero targets - that British projects use British steel.

Heatwave feels like a breeze after visiting Community Union members at Liberty Speciality Steels in Stocksbridge 🥵 Steelworkers work in extreme temperatures all year round to make top quality steel for aviation, aerospace and other industries. #WeNeedOurSteel

It was an honour to welcome Stephen Kinnock and Jessica Morden MP from the Steel APPG to discuss the importance of green steel production for a sustainable future. Great to meet you both. Read more: ow.ly/l17m50KiyR6 #SustainableResearch #UKSteel WMG Business

Huge thanks to WMG for showing us cutting edge research & development that’s building the agility and competitiveness of the UK steel industry. You should be very proud, as your work directly supports high-skill steel jobs, decarbonisation and manufacturing resilience 👏

🏗 Earlier this week I headed to the Advanced Steels Research Centre (ASRC) with Stephen Kinnock to hear about the research and development that’s going into the securing the future of U.K. steel… 🧵/1

In my role as Chair of the All-Party Group on Steel I have written to Prime Minister Liz Truss, highlighting the vital role steel plays in our economy and asking her to set out her plans for a strong, competitive and sustainable British steel industry in the decades ahead.

New polling for UK Steel shows 78% of UK public agree that steel is a strategic industry and its important we continue to make steel here in the UK. bit.ly/3fvSNZ4

New polling for UK Steel shows that 68% of the public agree that publicly funded projects/infrastructure should be built using UK made steel. bit.ly/3fvSNZ4

This week I chaired a lively meeting of Steel APPG. We heard from experts WMG about how Britain - including Port Talbot - can lead the way in green steel. But this will only happen if UK Govt understand the urgent need to invest in green transition & step up to the plate

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 #𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁? In the final episode of our mini-podcast series about #decarbonisation, we spoke to Professor Cameron Pleydell-Pearce (C Pleydell-Pearce), Swansea University Listen wherever you find your podcasts! 🔎: TataSteelUK

WATCH Community Union MP Jessica Morden MP tells the Prime Minister to stop sitting on his hands and support our steel industry #WeNeedOurSteel #BackItOrLoseIt #PMQs

The steel industry is facing huge threats and without urgent government action to back our industry, the UK runs the risks of losing our proud industry. A crucial debate taking place in the Commons today 👇

The Chancellor backs innovation so let's have the £200m contributed by steel producers and returned to UK Govt from the EU Research Fund for Steel and Coal to use to develop the steel technologies to drive future growth & move towards net zero. UK Steel Community Union

According to UK Steel, almost 𝟴𝟬% of the public thinks the steel industry is a strategically important sector that must 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 in the UK Why? Because it's the 🔑 to achieving #netzero, says Gareth Stace ▶️More on #SteelCast: ow.ly/soBs50LLMXa #WalesClimateWeek

The government has promised to cut energy costs. Now we need them to deliver. Our members want it, their families want it and our steel towns want it. Rishi Sunak We Need It. Stick to your promises and support our industry. #WeNeedOurSteel

🚨 4.3 billion. That's how much Germany are investing in green steel production, while our government combats the looming threats to our industry with - silence. Government must back the steel industry now or we risk losing it forever. #WeNeedOurSteel #BackItOrLoseIt