Almost a third of Prax Lindsey oil refinery workers to lose jobs

The union Unite says the job cut plans come despite ‘at least two bids’ to buy and operate the Lindsey oil refinery as a going concern. Photograph: Simon Turner/Alamy

Almost a third of workers at the Prax Lindsey oil refinery in north Lincolnshire, which collapsed into administration this summer, will lose their jobs at the end of October.

The Insolvency Service said the decision to make 125 roles redundant, with 255 people remaining at the site, “was not taken lightly” and follows a thorough review of “all aspects of the business, following its insolvency”.