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Government calls on councils to buy British steel in bid to save industryMinisters have announced a bid to save UK steel by encouraging councils and hospitals to buy British as they try to save the industry.New medical facilities, schools and road projects are among £300 billion worth of infrastructure projects due to be built over the next five years. Public bodies must consider using British steel before importing from abroad under rules that value the social impact of production alongside the cost of the material for the first time.The change will level the playing field between British made steel and Chinese imports, Ministers have announced.
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QuoteGovernment calls on councils to buy British steel in bid to save industryMinisters have announced a bid to save UK steel by encouraging councils and hospitals to buy British as they try to save the industry.New medical facilities, schools and road projects are among £300 billion worth of infrastructure projects due to be built over the next five years. Public bodies must consider using British steel before importing from abroad under rules that value the social impact of production alongside the cost of the material for the first time.The change will level the playing field between British made steel and Chinese imports, Ministers have announced.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/02/government-calls-on-councils-to-buy-british-steel-in-bid-to-save/
New Scout armoured vehicles built with Swedish steelThe £3.5 billion scheme, for 589 Scout vehicles, requires "specialist" steel in "relatively small quantities", Philip Dunne said in a written Parliamentary answer.Challenged on British steel by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Cameron said: "On procurement, we changed the procurement rules so that it was easier to source UK steel."That is why Crossrail - 26 miles of tunnels, the biggest construction project anywhere in Europe - is being completed using almost exclusively British steel."That did not happen under the last Labour government; it does happen now."
Company supplying Swedish steel for Navy's warships is owned by Tory donorGCH Capital and its founder Greg Hutchings have pumped tens of thousands into the Conservative war chest, latest donation figures revealA total of 4,000 tonnes of steel is being used for the £348million fleet. Parliamentary questions this month forced the Ministry of Defence to admit that 60% – about 2,400 tonnes – is coming from Sweden, 400 tonnes from Spain, 800 tonnes from the UK and the remaining 10% “from Dent’s existing stock, of unknown origin”.Electoral Commission figures last week showed GCH ploughed £16,700 into the Tory Party in November on top of the £65,000 it has injected since 2010.
Yep, indeed seems to be the case, Jean:QuoteNew Scout armoured vehicles built with Swedish steelThe £3.5 billion scheme, for 589 Scout vehicles, requires "specialist" steel in "relatively small quantities", Philip Dunne said in a written Parliamentary answer.Challenged on British steel by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Cameron said: "On procurement, we changed the procurement rules so that it was easier to source UK steel."That is why Crossrail - 26 miles of tunnels, the biggest construction project anywhere in Europe - is being completed using almost exclusively British steel."That did not happen under the last Labour government; it does happen now."http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/new-scout-armoured-vehicles-built-with-swedish-steel-34146875.htmlQuoteCompany supplying Swedish steel for Navy's warships is owned by Tory donorGCH Capital and its founder Greg Hutchings have pumped tens of thousands into the Conservative war chest, latest donation figures revealA total of 4,000 tonnes of steel is being used for the £348million fleet. Parliamentary questions this month forced the Ministry of Defence to admit that 60% – about 2,400 tonnes – is coming from Sweden, 400 tonnes from Spain, 800 tonnes from the UK and the remaining 10% “from Dent’s existing stock, of unknown origin”.Electoral Commission figures last week showed GCH ploughed £16,700 into the Tory Party in November on top of the £65,000 it has injected since 2010.http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/company-supplying-swedish-steel-navys-7461439
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