Victory on steel safeguards
Campaigning by steelworkers and a debate forced by Labour has led to a last-minute Government U-turn over the removal of safeguard tariffs on cheap steel imports. Wentworth & Dearne MP [...]
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07, 2021
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06, 2021
John warns Government risks steel job losses
John has warned the Government risks putting British steel yards out of business as Ministers consider scrapping safeguards to protect the industry from foreign steel dumping. The Trade Remedies Investigations [...]
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03, 2021
John urges government to buy British to support steel
John Healey MP has called on the government to buy in Britain to support British industry, including steel. As Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, he has repeatedly called for [...]
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10, 2020
John and shadow business secretary Ed Miliband see Liberty Steel’s new Greensteel products
Liberty Steel UK today welcomed Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband MP and Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey MP to the company’s Rotherham mill to see how Liberty’s new GREENSTEEL infrastructure [...]
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01, 2020
John’s reaction to Liberty Steel job losses
Today Liberty Steel announced job losses in Rotherham, Stocksbridge and Newport. John Healey, MP for the Rotherham Aldwarke steelworks, said: “This is devastating news for steel workers and their families, [...]
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05, 2019
John backs UK Steel Charter
John Healey MP has signed the UK Steel Charter, which aims to boost the amount of UK-produced steel in construction and infrastructure projects. The MP, whose constituency covers the Aldwarke [...]
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04, 2019
Steel jobs at risk from no-deal Brexit
MP John Healey has called for Government action after a new warning that a no-deal Brexit would put South Yorkshire steel jobs at risk immediately. He said UK Steel, which [...]
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10, 2017
Budget must support steel industry
South Yorkshire steel MP John Healey has backed calls for the government to support the steel industry. UK Steel, which represents the steel industry, has called on the Chancellor to [...]
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02, 2017
John calls for steel support in Budget
John Healey has called on the government to pledge support for the steel industry in the Budget on 8 March. Earlier this month the Wentworth & Dearne MP, whose constituency [...]
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02, 2017
John responds to agreement to sell Tata specialty steels to Liberty House
Tata Steel has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its South Yorkshire specialty steels operation to Liberty House Group. John, who is the MP for Aldwarke, home of [...]
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01, 2017
Parliamentary steel group launches blueprint for future of the industry
Steel 2020 report calls for a ‘clear vision’ and ‘national strategy’ to save industry and secure future prosperity Seven areas of reform identified to address crisis and make industry competitive [...]