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Steelworks costing £1.3m a day to run
The government spent £377m to keep British Steel's Scunthorpe site operating, according to a report.
16 Mar, 00:01 — 16 Mar, 06:23
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Steelworks costing £1.3m a day to run
The government spent £377m to keep British Steel's Scunthorpe site operating, according to a report.
Read full article →The GuardianMostly Factual56d ago
Taxpayer bill for saving Scunthorpe steel furnaces could top £1.5bn by 2028, auditor says
National Audit Office highlights benefits of state rescue for jobs and orders but warns of continuing high cost The cost of keeping the UK’s last remaining blast furnaces going at British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant could exceed £1.5bn by 2028 if it continues at its current rate, according to the government’s spending watchdog. Ministers took the plant into public control in April last year, after its Chinese owner – industrial firm Jingye – threatened to shut down the loss-making site. Contin...
By Rob Davies
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First report: The Guardian · 16 Mar, 00:01|Full coverage: 2 · 6h|Window: 6h
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