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UK Lawmakers Begin Emergency Debate To Save British Steel

Some 2,700 people work at the Scunthorpe plant (Credit: AFP)

UK lawmakers held a rare Saturday parliamentary debate as the government seeks to pass emergency legislation to stop the last British factory that can make steel from scratch shutting down.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said his administration plans to "take control" of the struggling Chinese-owned British Steel plant to prevent its blast furnaces going out and save the country's steel industry.

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