London: Parliament urgently gathered to save lots of British Steel | EUROtoday

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The British Parliament met urgently, in extraordinary session, to face the disaster of the British metal large, British Steel. The discussions concern an pressing measure proposed by the Labor authorities which might give the federal government itself management of the final two altiforni of the nation, which threat closure. In explicit, the invoice, which needs to be voted within the day, would give the federal government the “control” of the British Steel web site of Scunthorpe (North), owned by Jingye, the place 2,700 jobs are concerned. “Don’t do anything was not an option,” mentioned the Minister of Commerce Jonathan Reynolds originally of the talk within the Chamber of Municipalities, talking of “an exceptional situation” and explaining that the negotiations to keep away from the closure of the Altiforni haven’t up to now been profitable. The minister specified that the supply “does not transfer the” British Steel to the federal government’s property, even when “this option remains on the table”, probably in the long run. “There is no more time to waste, the country’s economic security is at stake,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned yesterday.