Moment MPs back move to take control of British Steel

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.

Following several hours of debate, House Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle put the question to a vocal vote in the Commons, declaring, “The ayes have it.”

MPs were debating blocking British Steel’s Chinese owners, Jingye, from closing blast furnaces at the Lincolnshire site after the prime minister warned the future of the company “hangs in the balance”.

If the plant was to shut down, the UK would become the only member of the G7 without the ability to make virgin steel, which would be a risk to the country's economic security, the government has said.

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[MRick-cdkr]

Eventually you run out of other peoples money

[fishfake]

I bet you within 3 months they will be on strike for more money

[shanjanusman]

The UK 🇬🇧 is absolutely screwed 😪 this should have NEVER happened in the first place 😢

[dellboy]

They also need to take control the water companies!

[thezendruid]

It must be very embarrassing to have to admit to people you are from the uk these days

[AlphanumericCharacters]

“I didn’t know they made steel in Britain, daddy”

“All in favor say aye”
“Aye, aye, aye”

“They don’t anymore son, they don’t”.

[cowlevelcrypto]

There is a fine line between Socialist and Communist.

[MerBay-rt]

When the Prime-Minister of UK became no 1 executive in the country instead of the King, this is when Britain slowly started to collapse.

[Kaiser]

Never should've been privatized in the first place

[lwzfog]

uk tax payers just paid out for ‘the speaker’ to commission a £36, 000 portrait, meanwhile uk mps total annual expenses claims average out to well over £500 … each …. daily

[guff]

Overpriced, asset-stripped hulk. Bribes taken

[IbalisticHedge]

Why does rayner always look pissed all the time?

[Darth-myei]

I thought that was a scene from Harry potter

[Tyke]

Excellent news. Well done Kier, saving our industries in moths after 14 years of Tories selling them all off.

[guidocrimes]

Privatisation a failed concept re-nationalise all utilities

[johnminshell]

There are another thousand engineers kept working to keep the plant ruining safely, constantly replacing old plant
That was my as a Plater Welder
The plant old. And eorn out a New Electric Arc Furnace should have been Built to replace.
The New Electric Arc Funace Built for Corby Steel cost only 3 Million im the 70s .
But as soln as it opened the Unions wemt on Strike they let the Fire go out Twice so it got Scrapped with 12, 000 made Redundant thats probably why no one wants another Arc Funace, they will do it again!

[johnnichols]

Nationalise everything right? From steel to bagels. See if that works

[pattiadams]

Maybe you should take back having strong borders! Quit causing british people suffering.

[cianoleary]

oi you got a loisence for that furnace?

[mr.e]

Nationalization of industry I believe is a trait of communism. Yes?