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Job Losses Surge as Local Workers Seek Solutions

10/13/2025

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Workers Face Job Losses

Job losses mount at the Lindsey Oil Refinery and a nearby bioethanol plant in the Humber region.
Local workers express frustration with both major political parties and consider Reform UK.
The Labour government has reintroduced an industrial strategy to cut energy costs for manufacturers, but benefits won’t materialize until 2027.
Unfavorable trade deals threaten the bioethanol industry.
EU tariffs threaten the steel sector, risking jobs and local businesses.

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UK Chemicals Decline

A report by UK in a Changing Europe shows the UK chemicals industry, exporting over 60% of output to the EU, declined 35–40% since 2021.
British exports to the EU fell 27% in the same period.
Despite Brexiteers' claims of economic liberation, the UK's new regulatory framework cost £2 billion and delivered little.
61% view Brexit as a failure, prompting a cross-party push to reassess EU trading relationships.

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Workers Face Job Losses

Job losses mount at the Lindsey Oil Refinery and a nearby bioethanol plant in the Humber region.
Local workers express frustration with both major political parties and consider Reform UK.
The Labour government has reintroduced an industrial strategy to cut energy costs for manufacturers, but benefits won’t materialize until 2027.
Unfavorable trade deals threaten the bioethanol industry.
EU tariffs threaten the steel sector, risking jobs and local businesses.

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