Some steel exports from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are facing a 25% tariff because of changes to EU rules.

Unite's national officer for steel said the government needed to explain why the EU had a deal but the UK did not.

A government body has recommended that protections inherited from the EU to protect UK steel producers are ended.

Sector faces glut of cheap imports because of recommendation that EU protections should not be renewed.

‘The number one priority is to secure a withdrawal agreement as soon as possible, ending this uncertainty and avoiding the turmoil of a no-deal Brexit,’ says Gareth Stace of UK Steel