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Keir Starmer 'saved British Steel to stave off Reform challenge in Labour heartlands' - as Miliband's Net Zero drive is blamed for collapse

The government used a rare Saturday sitting of Parliament yesterday to push through emergency legislation effectively taking control of the industry.

MPs scramble back from holidays for historic vote to save British steel - as Tories dub it Sir Keir's 'Socialism Saturday' and warn it's a first step towards a wave of nationalisations

The extraordinary Saturday sitting to save British Steel's Scunthorpe plant from closing required the new law to clear both houses unopposed and receive royal approval before nightfall,

Emergency law passed to force loss-making steel companies to keep operating

Special powers granted to prevent the collapse of British Steel’s Scunthorpe works

Emergency legislation allowing the government to instruct companies to keep loss-making steel operations in England o…

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