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Rhiannon James

Almost £100 million spent on British Steel nationalisation so far, minister says

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds (Darren Staples/PA) - (PA Wire)

Almost £100 million has been spent on the nationalisation of British Steel so far, the Business Secretary said, as he rejected the Tories’ accusation that Government budgets will be raided.

Jonathan Reynolds said the £94 million spent on the site in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, is “considerably less” than allowing its collapse, which would have been an “incredible cost” to the Exchequer.

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