Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not
Previously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new coalmine in Cumbria.
When Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, approved plans to build the Woodhouse Colliery near Whitehaven in December 2022, he said the UK would need the coal in order to carry on making steel.
