Reeves: Government to Prioritize British-Forged Steel

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00:00This government was not willing, I was not willing,

00:03to tolerate a situation in Britain's steel capacity

00:06was fundamentally undermined.

00:09And nor was I willing to see yet another working-class community

00:13lose its pride, lose the prosperity,

00:17lose the dignity that industry provides.

00:20So we chose to intervene,

00:22to save British steel and the jobs that go with it.

00:25The Tories would not back British steel

00:27and they wouldn't back Britain's steel workers

00:29but this Labour government is unequivocal.

00:33There must be a future, there will be a future

00:36for steel forged here on British soil.

00:39We're putting Britain first,

00:42empowering us to prioritise British steel ships

00:45and British forged steel.

00:47Strengthening our national economic security

00:50and creating good manufacturing jobs here in Britain.

00:55Because where things are made

00:57and who makes them does matter.

01:00And as we build those new railways and new roads,

01:04the new power stations and new runways

01:06for this generation and the next,

01:09we want the security and the good unionised jobs

01:12that come from making things here in Britain.

01:15I promised you we'd run the economy differently.

01:19The Tories didn't do it and they still don't get it,

01:22but Labour does.

01:23So don't let anyone ever tell you

01:25that there's no difference between a Labour government

01:27and a Conservative government.