MPs to debate emergency legislation to keep British Steel open as 'security is on the line'

Luke Tryl: The outcome of the next election may depend on keeping the furnaces burning

Luke Tryl is Executive Director of More in Common UK The government’s intervention on British Steel looks like a public opinion win for Labour, but it also demonstrates Nigel Farage’s ability to set the agenda and the Conservatives’ struggle for relevance. A political historian in 2050, looking for the defining moment of Labour’s 2024 government, may decide that it may well lie in the events of the past few weeks. Or maybe not. The answer will l…

Andrew Cooper: 'I'm proud of the difference Parliament can make when united'

In recent weeks the Government has been trying to work with British Steel’s Chinese owner, Jingye, to put steelmaking in Scunthorpe on to a…

U.K. lawmakers approve rescue of British Steel in emergency parliamentary session

Britain's Parliament passed a bill aimed at blocking British Steel's Chinese owners from closing the two massive blast furnaces at a plant.

British Steel returns to government after China negotiations 'break down'

The Labour government's bid to save British Steel has passed through both Houses of Parliament after MPs' emergency sitting on Saturday.

UK lawmakers approve rescue of British Steel in emergency parliamentary session

U.K. lawmakers returned to Parliament from their Easter break to approve an emergency rescue of the country’s last remaining factory that makes steel directly from scratch. Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned lawmakers for the unusual Saturday sitting to debate a…

MPs approve emergency bid to take control of British Steel - Liverpool Echo

Ministers took the unusual step of recalling Parliament from its Easter recess to sit on Saturday