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Javid’s EU jaunt ‘too little too late for steel

THE Tories are sacrificing Britain’s steel industry on the “altar of laissez-faire economics,” shadow business secretary Angela Eagle warned yesterday.

Ms Eagle made the charge against ministers as she led Labour’s latest attempt in Parliament to force the government to save the industry.

Workers facing an uncertain future travelled from Britain’s steelmaking cities to London to lobby MPs and watch the debate.

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