British Steel halts plans for thousands of job losses after government intervention

British Steel has said it will end a consultation on up to 2,700 redundancies, after the UK government took control of the firm earlier this month.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer previously recalled MPs from their spring recess so Parliament could pass emergency legislation allowing the government to take operational control of British Steel.

Since the government’s intervention, British Steel has been able to secure a stable supply of raw materials to its two blast furnaces, Queen Anne and Queen Bess.

Now British Steel has confirmed it has officially withdrawn the HR1 consultation form it had submitted to the Department of Business and Trade on March 27. This means all operations at British Steel are being maintained, inclu...
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