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Budget lambasted from all sides over lack of manufacturing support
A worker inspects rolls of steel
THE lack of support in the Budget for the steel and key manufacturing industries was lambasted from all sides today.
Unions, opposition leaders and manufacturing bosses alike expressed dismay at Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s failure to invest in a green economic recovery.
Labour pointed out that Mr Sunak failed even to mention the steel industry in his 112-page “plan for growth.”
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