Cumbria coal mine a win for the working class, claims Tory MP

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Green groups also argue that the region needs sustainable jobs in renewable energy, after one cabinet minister admitted that the coal mine was "not a long-term solution".
55% : Levelling up secretary Michael Gove approved plans for the Woodhouse Colliery project near Whitehaven, which is expected to extract nearly 2.8 million tones of coal per year for the steel industry, which has been heavily dependent on Russia.
50% : Independent planning inspector Stephen Normington had said the amount of coal used in UK steel making would be "broadly the same" with or without the mine.
49% :Supporters say the project producing coking coal for the steel industry will mean around 500 jobs, but campaigners said a push to approve clean energy instead would create many more jobs.

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