7 h. ago Parliament approves British Steel bill to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

Ministers had taken the unusual step of recalling Parliament from its Easter recess to sit on Saturday after negotiations with British Steel's Chinese owners, Jingye, appeared to break down.

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8 h. ago British Steel latest: Parliament approves bill to save plant after workers block Chinese executives from site

MPs and Lords vote in favour of Starmer's plan to take control of British Steel after Chinese owners wanted hundreds of millions

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10 h. ago British Steel latest: Chinese executives who ‘tried to access’ plant blocked by workers as MPs back government plan

MPs vote in favour of Starmer's plan to take control of British Steel after Chinese owners wanted hundreds of millions

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11 h. ago British Steel latest: MPs back move to take control of Scunthorpe plant in emergency debate

Sir Keir Starmer’s emergency bill to save Scunthorpe steelworks plant from closure approved by Commons

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13 h. ago British Steel nationalisation is ‘likely option’, says business secretary

MPs recalled to Parliament to debate bill after Chinese owners said furnaces were not financially viable

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13 h. ago British Steel latest: Nationalisation ‘likely’, says business secretary as MPs debate emergency law

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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14 h. ago Major British Steel announcement as MPs debate emergency legislation on a Saturday

Chinese owners 'demanded the government pay hundreds of millions of pounds to them without any conditions to stop that money...being transferred to China'

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14 h. ago British Steel latest: MPs begin to debate emergency law to save branch from closure

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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14 h. ago Minister Jonathan Reynolds makes major announcement after emergency recall of Parliament

MPs were dragged back to the Commons to vote on an emergency law - as Jonathan Reynolds outlined plans to rescue Britain's steel industry

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15 h. ago Emergency British Steel meeting to begin as Starmer claims national security on the line: Latest

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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16 h. ago British Steel latest: MPs sit for emergency session as Starmer says ‘national security’ on the line

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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28 h. ago British Steel faces being nationalised as MPs are recalled to Parliament for rare weekend summit

British Steel could be taken under Government control in a move that paves the way for nationalisation, as MPs were recalled to Parliament to debate emergency legislation.

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31 h. ago Parliament recalled to save British Steel plant but 'why not for Port Talbot'

Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts has questioned why the government did not intervene to protect Port Talbot steelworks in the same way it is acting over Scunthorpe.

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31 h. ago 'When it was Wales, they mocked. Now it’s England, they act'

Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts has questioned why the government did not intervene to protect Port Talbot steelworks in the same way it is acting over Scunthorpe

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31 h. ago Starmer vows to pass emergency law ‘in one day’ to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe site

Prime minister announces recall of parliament as government races to prevent closure of UK’s last two blast furnaces

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32 h. ago Parliament to be recalled to debate nationalising beleaguered British Steel as PM says its future ‘hangs in balance’

Parliament closed for the Easter recess on Tuesday, but MPs will be recalled on Saturday to discuss plans for the company

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32 h. ago Keir Starmer warns the future of British Steel 'hangs in the balance' as he prepares to recall Parliament TOMORROW to avoid industry's collapse after Trump hits it with tariffs

MPs are being brought back to Westminster from the Easter recess amid intense manoeuvring in the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs.

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33 h. ago UK government recalls Parliament for emergency legislation over saving British Steel

U.K. lawmakers are being recalled Saturday in order to back emergency legislation aimed at saving the last plant in the country that makes steel from raw materials, a move that has been widely called for since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel

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34 h. ago Parliament will be recalled TOMORROW amid signs British Steel could be nationalised to avoid industry's collapse after Trump tariffs

MPs are being brought back to Westminster from the Easter recess amid intense manoeuvring in the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs.

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34 h. ago Parliament to vote on nationalising British Steel in rare recall sitting

The rare Saturday sitting – the first in over 40 years – will see MPs debate the future of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant.

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