Could steel decarbonisation policies help the next PM woo Red Wall voters?

Cecilia Keating
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The now-shuttered Redcar steel works | Credit: iStock
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The now-shuttered Redcar steel works | Credit: iStock

Two separate reports this morning have set out the case for Ministers to press ahead with a raft of policies that can drive a shift away from the blast furnace method of steel production

With the Conservative leadership election heating up, two separate reports this morning have argued the UK has a major opportunity to become a world leader in the production of clean steel by investing...

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