13/08/2026
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"Made in Britain" businesses should be supported, not squeezed.
I visited EverEdge in Market Drayton to discuss the impact of new steel quotas and tariffs on their family business manufacturing steel garden and landscape products. Rising costs for specialist imported steel are making UK production more expensive, despite those materials not being available from domestic suppliers.
EverEdge's concerns are shared by manufacturers across the country, who warn that increasing costs for British producers - while allowing cheaper imported finished goods to compete - risks undermining jobs, investment and growth in the UK's manufacturing sector.
I will be pushing ministers to change the rules - the Government must ensure its steel strategy works for the whole industry, not just one part of it. British manufacturers need a level playing field that protects jobs, supports growth and makes it easier, not harder, to manufacture in the UK, and in North Shropshire.