'We'll be back to the Stone Age': British Steel employees express fears over plant's future
Friday, 11 April 2025 () MPs are set to debate emergency legislation to keep the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe open in a move that would pave the way for nationalisation.
The chancellor Rachel Reeves has said 'all options remain on the table' for the future of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant amid suggestions the UK could nationalise the company.
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MPs will today debate emergency laws to save British Steel after the prime minister warned the country's "economic and national security is on the line". Sky News
The UK is keeping its options on the table for retaliating to US tariffs “if necessary”, Sir Keir Starmer has told a senior group of MPs. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The government will stand with families and businesses during the worrying economic period ahead, following Trump's tariffs, according to Rachel Reeves. The chancellor said "we've got your backs" during a statement to MPs in the Commons, during which she noted that tariffs "have and will continue to have huge implications for the world economy". Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were denied entry to Israel and have now arrived back in the United Kingdomm, landing at Heathrow Airport. The two Labour MPs said they had made the trip “to visit humanitarian aid projects and communities in the West Bank”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer was flying the flag for domestic steel production on Saturday as his government passed emergency legislation to give itself extraordinary powers.. Sky News
Sir Keir Starmer meets with British Steel workers near Scunthorpe shortly after the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill passed the House of Commons unopposed. The prime minister tells the steelworkers: "I felt it was really important today, having been in Parliament this morning, to come straight up here to see you face to face to have that discussion”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the Conservative leader is wrong to say she had negotiated a modernisation plan with British Steel for electric arc furnaces at Teesside and Scunthorpe. Ms Badenoch posted on X on Friday saying as business secretary in the last Conservative government she had negotiated the proposal, but it was "bungled" by Labour. After intervening, Ms Badenoch says: "Labour cannot negotiate. We were negotiating a modernisation deal that would have had limited job losses, just like we had in Port Talbot”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
UK Parliament convened an emergency session. They passed a law to prevent the closure of British Steel's Scunthorpe plant. The government can now direct the... IndiaTimes Also reported by •Energy Daily •City A.M.
Firm needs to obtain key materials and business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needs in time UK politics live – latest updates British Steel... Upworthy
Jonathan Reynolds says parliament’s intervention was ‘dramatic’ but needed to secure Britain’s ‘economic security’ by keeping Scunthorpe plant... Upworthy
Friday, 11 April 2025 ()
MPs are set to debate emergency legislation to keep the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe open in a move that would pave the way for nationalisation.
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