Essential that new government projects buy UK steel, as stats show at least £1.5bn could be spent abroad

24 June 2024: New analysis by UK Steel, featured in The Times, has found that current government infrastructure projects may spend over £1.5 billion on steel bought from abroad. Over the next decade, existing government figures show a steel order book spend worth an estimated £4.3 billion. However, the latest data confirms that only 66% of this steel is purchased from UK steelmakers.

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