Boro chairman tells government 'Teesside deserves answers' in SSI crisis

“The Government must act. They must intervene to manage the crisis, to be mature and intelligent about this nationally key industry. The people in Redcar, Middlesbrough, Stockton and right across Teesside deserve answers. They’ve given their blood sweat and tears to the steel industry and they rely on those good jobs which will take some replacing if they are lost.”

Our communities face terrible uncertainty and our industrial future as a country is at great risk. The government must surely recognise how important the steel industry is to families and manufacturing not only on Teesside but the entire UK.

My hope and plea is that they will not step back from this crisis. The whole point of being in Government is to step up and take action when it is needed and action is certainly needed now if the industry is to be saved.

Our communities face terrible uncertainty and our industrial future as a country is at great risk. The government must surely recognise how important the steel industry is to families and manufacturing not only on Teesside but the entire UK. My hope and plea is that they will not step back from this crisis. The whole point of being in Government is to step up and take action when it is needed and action is certainly needed now if the industry is to be saved.