Keir Starmer responds to 'sabotage' claim over British Steel

Did China sabotage British Steel?

Government officials trying desperately to save British Steel believe there was "a plot to sabotage" its Scunthorpe plant by its Chinese owners, said The Independent.The government took control of the company on Saturday, kicking off a "frantic hunt" to secure the essential raw materials needed to keep the plant's blast furnaces operational. Jingye, the Chinese firm that owns British Steel, had threatened to turn off the furnaces, after which it…

Keir Starmer responds to 'sabotage' claim over British Steel

No10 has said it is 'confident' that vital materials will arrive on time to save two furnaces at the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe in a race against time to keep it open

Saving the Queen Anne and the Queen Bees, the nicknames for British Steel’s two blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, is a race against time. Jingye, the Chinese owner of British Steel, has been selling on the crucial raw materials for the furnaces, coke and iron ore, in recent weeks. With this ‘sabotage’ Jingye wanted to force the closure of the blast furnaces, which according to Jingye lose more than 700,000 British pounds (€800,000) per day.

‘Chinese Sabotage’: British Steel Still at Risk of Closure Despite Saturday Sitting of Parliament

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British Steel factory in danger after Chinese firm’s ‘sabotage’

British Steel: No10 ‘confident’ it will secure materials to keep plant running

The UK government is confident it will beat a race against time to keep the British Steel furnaces running after taking control of the plant from Chinese owners Jingye this weekend. Civil servants and steel workers were rushing to secure the raw materials to keep the Scunthorpe site’s furnaces going – which supply Network Rail and critical manufacturers – before they ran out of time. But No 10 has now said it is “confident” it will secure the su…