Politics

Government brings British Steel under public ownership

The Scunthorpe steelworks has been officially nationalised under new government powers passed this week.

The British government has assumed public ownership of British Steel, a move undertaken to "protect UK steelmaking."

The steelworks, which provides employment for approximately 2,700 individuals in Scun

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