Call for help for port operators in Goole

Gordon Brown has been urged to help safeguard jobs in East Yorkshire’s ports following the closure of a port terminal operator in Goole. Ten people lost their jobs in February when Scotline went into liquidation after getting a backdated business rates bill which it could not pay. Labour MP for Brigg and Goole, Ian Cawsey, asked Mr Brown to intervene. The prime minister said the government had already helped but he would be happy to meet to discuss it further.