SOUTH YORKSHIRE'S MAYOR RESPONDS TO LATEST LIBERTY STEEL DEVELOPMENT

Published 21 August 2025 at 5:58pm

Responding to the latest development with Liberty Steel, South Yorkshire's Mayor, Oliver Coppard, said: 

"Today’s news about Liberty Steel is difficult, but offers the opportunity for clarity and a path forward. There is and will continue to be a period of uncertainty for workers at Liberty’s two sites in South Yorkshire.
"So I welcome the positive comments from the Secretary of State for Business in the wake of the Court’s decision.
"I now want to see swift progress from government to safeguard the unique steel making capabilities we have here in our region. I will be seeking a conversation with Ministers as a matter of urgency and will do everything I can to make sure that workers at Liberty Steel and the steel industry that is so integral to our identity, have the brightest possible future."