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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Nina Lloyd

Government seeks control of British Steel in potential move to nationalisation

Steel companies in England would be brought under Government control if the Bill is passed (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Archive)

British Steel will be taken under Government control to keep the company’s Scunthorpe plant running in a move that paves the way for nationalisation if emergency legislation is passed on Saturday.

Sir Keir Starmer said Parliament would be recalled for a rare weekend sitting to vote on the Bill aimed at blocking the firm’s Chinese owners, Jingye, from closing blast furnaces at the Lincolnshire site.

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