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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

British Steel owner faces calls to halt 'unacceptable' plan to cut 800 jobs

British Steel bosses were today urged to continue rescue talks with the Government amid plans to axe 800 hundred jobs.

Business Minister Nusrat Ghani told MPs a "generous package of support" was under discussion with the manufacturing company, amid fears of redundancies at its plant at Scunthorpe, Lincs.

Scunthorpe MP Holly Mumby-Croft said British Steel, owned by Chinese giant Jingye, should "immediately reconsider" the potential redundancies.

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