Cameron says the Government 'has a plan' for the steel industry

David Cameron insisted his administration was doing everything it could to help the industry.

Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Government of having no industrial strategy as redundancies mount in the crisis-stricken steel sector.

But David Cameron insisted his administration was doing everything it could to help, including changing procurement rules which already meant more public sector projects used British steel.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, the Labour leader challenged: "Do you appreciate the devastating effects of the Government's non-intervention in the steel industry is having on so many people?"

Mr Cameron responded by saying that the Government is helping by taking action on procurement, energy costs, unfair competition and dumping and with tax and government support.

"We do have a strategy, we do have a plan," the Prime Minister said. "We should be working across party to deliver that plan."

Mr Cameron also told MPs the change to the procurement rules had meant the Crossrail project had "almost exclusively" British steel.

More than 2,000 jobs have been axed at the SSI steelworks in Redcar, with hundreds more threatened at steel firms across the region.