All news on the topic: British Steel PLC

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UK 'woefully underprepared' for conflict if steel blast furnaces are closed
The GMB has written to the Defence Secretary saying that losing the ability to make steel from scratch will 'significantly impact' the security of the country's essential defence supply chains
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Government 'risks making same mistakes as coal industry' with steel, MPs told
Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds claimed he was "begging" the Government not to make an irreversible decision on Wales's steel industry as he called for further action to prevent the loss of thousands of jobs in Port Talbot
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Scrap steel 'should stay in UK to help industry's fight against climate change'
Trade body UK Steel has published a major report calling for millions of tonnes of scrap steel to stay in the UK where it can be used boost the fight against climate change
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Fury as UK steel firms 'pay double for electricity compared to foreign rivals'
The gulf between what French and German steel manufacturers pay compared with the costs faced by UK steel companies has been laid bare in a study by the industry's trade body
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Tory steel plans 'will create national security risk' ministers told by own MP
A Conservative MP who is vice-chairwoman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel has raised fears of how Britain could be left relying on foreign firms for the metal it needs
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Tories 'jeopardising national security' over steel furnace shutdown, say MPs
Business Minister Nusrat Ghani was hauled to Parliament for a grilling over plans to shut blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, which comes weeks after Tata announced a similar move at Port Talbot
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2,000 British Steel jobs at risk as Chinese-owned firm plans to axe furnace
The plant at Scunthorpe is the latest to come under the shadow of redundancies as the sector aims to slash carbon emissions by closing coal-fired blast furnaces
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6 Tory promises that will be disastrous for economy and climate if broken
BP has announced its latest bonanza after raking in £2billion in the three months to June - just days after the PM confirmed he would award more gas and oil licences
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Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry
Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"
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Keir Starmer blasts 'asleep at wheel' Tories as he vows to save steel industry
On a visit to British Steel site in Scunthorpe, the Labour leader said a good, secure steel industry is a 'massive prize' - and it would be 'unforgivable for this Government to simply sit it out'
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Fresh pleas to save steel industry as Business Secretary finally visits plants
Top Tory Kemi Badenoch waited almost three months to visit a steelworks then went to two in a fortnight, where she heard bosses plead for government support to save the struggling industry
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PM says he wants 'thriving' steel industry but swerves guaranteeing its survival
Rishi Sunak was quizzed about his commitment to the UK steel sector amid rising fears over job cuts and the support needed to switch to "green steel"
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'Shrinking' UK steel industry threatens national security, warns union leader
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has written to Rishi Sunak warning of the potential consequences of the Government failing to invest in switching to more environmentally-friendly production
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Steel rescue plan could save 250 jobs if court agrees, says Liberty Steel boss
The High Court in Manchester will tomorrow hear an application by GFG Alliance to overturn the administration process slapped on Aartee Bright Bar last month
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Tories 'sleepwalking into death of Britain’s steel industry', warns union leader
Fresh fears have been raised about the future of the sector after a major report found the UK “falling further behind in the race to develop green steel plants”
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Boost for British Steel as firm wins huge rail contract in Africa
The Scunthorpe-based company, which announced plans for hundreds of job losses last month, revealed it had netted a deal for a Guinea freight line
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Learn US lessons to revive manufacturing and slash energy bills, says union boss
GMB general secretary Gary Smith called on the Government to look at how President Joe Biden is planning to boost American manufacturing by switching to green power
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​MPs back plan to create 16,000 jobs in major boost for Britain's steel industry
The scheme, which includes deepwater docks at Port Talbot, South Wales, and Milford Haven, Pembs, would attract £5.5billion investment, according to supporters.
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Building 100,000 homes a year would 'pump more than £17billion' into economy
The former Tory Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis - who backed the report - said that since the 1970s 'we have consistently failed to deliver enough new housing'
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'We need a Government that wants to support British industry - Tories don't'
Steel could have a prosperous future if the Government would help firms with the transition to greener forms of production but Kemi Badenoch has undermined confidence
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British Steel plans 260 job cuts at Scunthorpe in blow to industry
The posts are under threat at the Chinese-owned firm, which is poised to close its coking ovens at its plant at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, in a bid to slash soaring costs
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UK steel industry on brink of 'irreversible decline', MPs warn Rishi Sunak
The Prime Minister has been issued with a stark alert, in a letter seen by the Mirror, about the threat to sector as companies mull job cuts and firms demand help to slash emissions
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British Steel owner faces calls to halt 'unacceptable' plan to cut 800 jobs
Scunthorpe's Tory MP triggered an emergency Commons debate after the company warned of potential redundancies as energy costs soar and pressure on the industry to slash emissions grows
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Fears for 800 British Steel jobs amid siren warnings for industry's future
Unions demanded answers from the firm as reports suggest staff posts could be at risk as the threats to the struggling sector continue to mount - raising concerns about its viability
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Steel firm cutting 440 jobs urges 'revolution' to save sector on 'life support'
Writing exclusively for the Mirror, Liberty Steel's Jeff Kabel says there is a way to rescue the sector - and help it transition to more environmentally-friendly production
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