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Ministers race to attract more Chinese investment in UK despite Scunthorpe steelworks fiasco

Trade minister Douglas Alexander is currently in China seeking to drum up business deals

Evening Standard

Labour minister accuses SNP of 'manufacturing grievance' over Grangemouth

A Scotland Office minister has accused the SNP of “manufacturing grievance” over calls for the UK Government to save the Grangemouth oil…

The National (Scotland)

Labour minister clashes with Sky News presenter over British Steel future: ‘Give us an answer’

Labour minister James Murray clashed with a Sky News presenter as he was grilled on the future of British Steel.

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SNP are ‘manufacturing grievance’ with Grangemouth calls – minister

Kirsty McNeill said the situation at Grangemouth is different to the steelmaking plant at Scunthorpe.

Evening Standard

UK Govt Races Against Time To Keep Steel Furnaces Running

Britain's government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running after passing emergency legislation to take control of British Steel.

International Business Times

UK politics: No 10 ‘confident’ on securing supplies to keep Scunthorpe furnaces burning – as it happened

PM’s spokesperson says ships carrying materials needed by the steel plant have docked in Lincolnshire

The Guardian - UK

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

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Stock markets rise on signs of Trump tariff retreat; British Steel races to keep furnaces burning – as it happened

Chinese exports jump as official says ‘the sky won’t fall,’ despite warning from US officials that smartphone and laptop exemption from import tariffs on China will be short-lived

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: British Steel is in crisis – is nationalisation the answer?

In today’s newsletter: Emergency powers aim to prevent the closure of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, safeguarding 2,000 jobs and Britain’s last two functioning blast furnaces – but what comes next?

The Guardian - UK

John Swinney calls Scottish media to Bute House for press conference

FIRST Minister John Swinney will host a press conference at Bute House today

The National (Scotland)

Report hits back at ‘disgraceful’ accusations of two-tier policing after summer riots

‘Those participating in disorder were not policed more strongly because of their supposed political views but because they were throwing missiles’

The Independent UK

British Steel staff and civil servants race to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces on

Officials from the Department for Business and Trade are already on site in Scunthorpe after the Government took over the running of British Steel.

The Independent UK

Race to save British Steel factory after Chinese firm’s ‘sabotage’

Dozens of businesses have rallied to help British Steel with offers of managerial support and raw materials

The Independent UK

Network Rail has stockpiled a year’s worth of rails in case of British Steel disruption

Reserves would give six months to find alternative supply if Scunthorpe blast furnaces are switched off

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The Independent UK

Business secretary refuses to say whether British Steel will get raw material before furnaces go out

Jonathan Reynolds has warned that crucial blast furnaces cannot be restarted once they go out

Evening Standard

More than a dozen businesses offer to help British Steel keep furnaces burning

If the blast furnaces at the Scunthorpe steelworks run out of raw materials, they can never be turned back on.

The Guardian - UK

Labour has done right by British Steel – now it must speed up a radical strategy for all industry

Taking control of the ailing company wasn’t an easy decision, but it makes sense. Hopefully the nationalisation phobia is passing, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

UK will set 'high trust bar' for future Chinese investment after British Steel rescue, minister says

Chinese companies will have to clear a “high trust bar” when investing in key sectors in the U.K., the country’s business secretary said after he took effective control of Britain’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch from its Chinese owners

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The Independent UK

Explained: Why the government stepped in to take control of British Steel

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The Independent UK

Tories demand ministers ‘get a grip’ after Manchester Arena bomber’s brother’s attack on prison officers

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick hit out after Hashem Abedi threw hot cooking oil over three prison guards

The National (Scotland)

UK Government 'expects to lose money' running British Steel, minister says

THE UK Government “expects to lose money” running British Steel, the Business Secretary has said.

The Independent UK

What happened with British Steel’s Chinese owners and why have the government now taken control?

Business secretary warns that – without action taken in parliament on Saturday – UK would have lost its ability to produce virgin steel

The Guardian - UK

British Steel to deploy emergency measures to save Scunthorpe furnaces

Firm in race against time to get key materials as business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needs

The Independent UK

Business secretary would not bring Chinese companies into UK steel sector

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said he would not feel comfortable allowing a Chinese business into the British steel industry.

The Independent UK

Reynolds unable to say British Steel will get raw materials in time

The Business Secretary faces a scramble to get enough raw materials to the Scunthorpe steelworks to stop the blast furnaces being turned off.

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