MPs and Lords head to parliament as PM says emergency law must be passed today to save British Steel – live

MPs to debate emergency law that will give the business secretary the power to direct the companySome opposition parties were also furious that other industrial plants in trouble had not been given the same treatment from the government. Plaid Cymru said “the people of Wales would not forget” that the steel plant at Port Talbot was allowed to close its blast furnaces and convert to electric arc production, while the SNP highlighted the different treatment for Grangemouth – Scotland’s only oil refinery, which could close. Government sources said those plants were facing different situations.The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, said the government had “bungled” the negotiations with British Steel. Continue reading…



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Author : Hamish Mackay

Publish date : 2025-04-12 06:51:00

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