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LABOUR warned today that the government will not be forgiven if it fails to secure the future of a huge potash mine planned for the north-east of England.
The project to build the mine in Teesside has been thrown into jeopardy after the company behind the project, Sirius Minerals, cancelled plans today to raise £403 million to secure its future.
Sirius said “market conditions” — including uncertainty over Brexit and lack of government support — had created instability for the mine’s future.
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
LUKE FLETCHER pours scorn on Labour’s betrayal of the Welsh steel industry, where the option of nationalisation was sneered at and dismissed – unlike at Scunthorpe where the government stepped in
