A further direct call for support and a level policy playing field with other steelmaking nations has been made by British Steel as it welcomed the Business Secretary to Scunthorpe.
Kemi Badenoch met senior executives from owner Jingye and the British Steel leadership team as the manufacturing giant and government continue negotiations over an aid package.
The visit came just three months after British Steel was admonished in Westminster after proposing redundancies with talks ongoing, when plans to close the coke ovens first emerged. Since that fiery House of Commons debate, 250 jobs have been absorbed across the plant, with the closure set to take place.
