Labour and Reform clash over Stoke-on-Trent pottery firms
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 7
Labour and Reform clash over Stoke-on-Trent pottery firms
8 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 7
The dispute centres on the Potteries city, where ceramics workers say generations of families have depended on factory jobs as the industry struggles.
The row highlights political competition over manufacturing communities hit by decline, with local firms and employees caught between rival promises to revive production.
Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramics heritage remains central to its identity, from factory chimneys to its football club nickname, underscoring the wider stakes for Britain’s traditional industries.
Is the UK sacrificing its high-tech future by letting its ceramics industry collapse over energy costs?
What will it take to stop Stoke-on-Trent's iconic pottery chimneys from going cold for good?