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Petition For Government to Save British Steel Industry And Subsidise Costs
Closed
70 signatures
What the petition asks
Steel companies in other EU countries have been bailed out by their respective governments in order to save the industry , such as Italy. More than two thousand jobs have been lost in the last two years in this sector. Remember the mining industry ? It happened like this. History repeating itself.
China is flooding the market with cheap steel. Cut off the demand and you cut off the supply. If the Government can waste £84bn on bankers who still got their bonuses, who still live unaffected lives then they can help these communities who will be decimated. Port Talbot Steel works losing £1million per week and we waste £20 million teaching people to speak English from abroad. Let's prioritise. Three new aircraft carriers being built . Where is the material coming from ? Its not the UK !
Timeline
| 3 Feb 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Aug 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
70
Status
Closed
Opened
3 Feb 2016
Closed
3 Aug 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.