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Helen Corbett

British Steel’s future ‘hangs in the balance’, Sir Keir Starmer says

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a press conference in the Downing Street briefing room about British Steel (Carl Court/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government aims to pass emergency legislation in one day to protect the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe as its future “hangs in the balance”.

The Prime Minister said the Government will “keep all options on the table” amid calls for nationalisation and did not answer a question about what the potential cost of plans to protect the steelworks would be.

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