Deputy PM insists 'there is a future for British steel'

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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has insisted there "is a future for British steel" and that the government is "committed to supporting the steel industry". It comes as US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium imports which will increase the costs of importing the metals into the US.   Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well we know that British Steel has been through a very difficult time and our business secretary

00:05has been working hard with the industry to make sure that we have a future for British Steel.

00:10We've been doing that already, we will continue to do that and our focus is making sure that

00:14that pipeline for that industry goes way on into the future. Obviously we'll have to see

00:20what comes out of the US and what that means to UK Steel but

00:24this government is committed to supporting that industry into the future.

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