MPs approve bid to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks
Saturday, 12 April 2025 () MPs have approved plans to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe blast furnaces after an extraordinary sitting of the Commons on Saturday. Emergency legislation giving the government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open passed the Commons unopposed. It will now be debated by the Lords as the Government attempts to get the [...]
There are concerns British Steel could run out of raw materials within days, raising fears over whether blast furnaces can keep running. The business, owned by Chinese company Jingye, has announced plans to shut Britain’s remaining two blast furnaces in Scunthorpe. There have been calls for...
Scunthorpe, an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, is home to the last steel plant in the UK to produce virgin steel used in construction and rail transport. The plant has long been struggling,..
Saturday, 12 April 2025 ()
MPs have approved plans to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe blast furnaces after an extraordinary sitting of the Commons on Saturday. Emergency legislation giving the government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open passed the Commons unopposed. It will now be debated by the Lords as the Government attempts to get the [...]
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