“My heart really goes out to our East Cleveland miners at Boulby. We must keep them and their families first and foremost. To be informed you may be losing your job is a devastating process to go through, and especially in the lead up to Christmas.
“There is never a good time to be given this news but we are fast approaching one of the most stressful parts of the year so I will be working with Unite and GMB trade unions and will support whatever John Chilton and his fellow union reps want to do going forward.
“This news compounds the crisis industry on Teesside is facing. Thousands of jobs have been lost in the past couple of months and the Government needs to seriously reassess how it will stop this terminal decline. I will also be seeking an urgent question in this matter on Monday morning in the House of Commons.”
