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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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

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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 Independent UK

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 National (Scotland)

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 Independent 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

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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.

The Independent UK

Business secretary refuses to say whether there are enough supplies to keep British Steel furnaces running – as it happened

Jonathan Reynolds says allowing British Steel to collapse would have cost £1bn as public ownership looks increasingly likely

The Guardian - UK

Scotland must be resilient in the face of global shocks, says Swinney

The First Minister has suggested the UK Government should drop the recently announced increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.

Evening Standard

Reynolds gives instructions to British Steel after MPs back emergency law

The move came after an extraordinary sitting of Parliament on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Emergency law passed to force loss-making steel companies to keep operating

Special powers granted to prevent the collapse of British Steel’s Scunthorpe works

The Guardian - UK

British Steel and the pragmatic case for public ownership

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The government was right to take emergency action to prevent the closure of a strategic national industry

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The Guardian - UK

Why does British Steel need to be rescued by the government and what happens next?

The crisis in Scunthorpe leaves Labour with few options

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on British Steel: saved for now, but for how long?

Governments of both colours bear responsibility for the sorry saga, which could have dire economic and defence consequences

The Independent UK

Parliament approves British Steel bill to save Scunthorpe plant

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Evening Standard

Parliament approves emergency powers to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

Emergency legislation giving the Government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open passed both the Commons and Lords in one day.

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The steel crisis has made the UK business secretary look like an innocent abroad

Who thought the Chinese government had anything but Britain’s interests at heart? Everyone but Jonathan Reynolds

The Guardian - UK

UK MPs post selfies to show attendance of rare Saturday session in parliament

Recall for steel debate is an unusual event but bout of presenteeism has not gone unnoticed by constituents on X

The Independent UK

Voices: The big loser from the collapse of British Steel is Ed Miliband and his green utopianism

COMMENT: Labour came to power with a hugely ambitious plan to accelerate the drive to net zero – just as the country was turning against the costs involved, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Moment MPs back move to take control of British Steel in emergency debate

MPs have backed the government’s plans to take control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant in a rare weekend emergency debate in parliament on Saturday, 12 April.

Evening Standard

UK Government accused of double standards in plan to save British Steel

Welsh Politicians criticised the Government’s plans to save jobs in Scunthorpe, suggesting it failed to do the same for Port Talbot.

Evening Standard

MPs approve Government bid to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

The emergency legislation passed the Commons unopposed.

The National (Scotland)

Emergency British Steel legislation passes both Houses of Parliament unchanged

A bill to give the UK Government powers to block the closure of British Steel blast furnaces has passed during an emergency recall of Parliament

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