Parliament recalled for emergency vote on British Steel
11-04-2025 16:38 via theguardian.com

Parliament recalled for emergency vote on British Steel

Easter recess halted in order to pass bill taking assets into public control, with full nationalisation a possibilityBusiness live – latest updatesParliament is being recalled on Saturday to vote on emergency legislation that will bring British Steel under government control, No 10 has said.The bill will give the prime minister the power to “direct steel companies in England”, which No 10 will use to stop Jingye, the Chinese owners of the Scunthorpe site, from closing it. Conti
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