Government should have targets for amount of British-made steel used in public jobs, Mace chairman says
Posted: Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
The government should start mandating how much British-made steel is used in big infrastructure projects, according to Mace executive chairman Mark Reynolds, reports Building. Reynolds said the Cabinet Office and Treasury could intervene and set targets for how much homegrown steel is used on public jobs in the future. “They really need to specify the proportion of British steel it wants to procure in its projects. This is important for two reasons. It will help increase volume and it will allow us [the UK} to invest for that long term.” Over the weekend, Parliament was recalled to pass measures allowing the UK government powers to effectively direct operations at the home of British Steel in Scunthorpe. Announcing the decision to effectively nationalise British Streel, the Department for Business and Trade said on Saturday: “Steel is vital for both the UK’s national security and manufacturing and crucial for the government’s mission to build 1.5 million new homes in the UK as part of its Plan for Change, with construction projects requiring millions of tonnes of steel.” Reynolds said the Scunthorpe plant provided the “high quality steel” required by the rail and nuclear sectors. He added: “The UK must have the resilience in its UK steel market and the capability and capacity to deliver the volumes to meet the 10 year infrastructure plan which is vitally important for growing the economy.”
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