Hard decisions over a possible sale and future subsidies loom now full nationalisation is on the cards
“One of the proudest things we have done in government,” said Keir Starmer in Monday’s big speech about the decision a year ago to recall parliament in order to take control of British Steel at Scunthorpe.
It was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital. Taking control meant the Chinese owner, Jingye, could not turn off the two blast furnaces but meant the government was on the hook for operational losses, which will be £615m and counting by next month according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
When you look at it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital, the implications are hard to ignore.
Keir Starmer has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Basically it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Reading that it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital — hard to argue with the logic there.
Considering it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
National Audit has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
On one hand it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital. But at the same time it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital.
National Audit is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
British Steel has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
So the bottom line is it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital. Wonder how this will land.
In other words it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital. Curious to see how this develops.
Still waiting to hear what National Audit actually plans to do about it.
The bigger issue here is it was an odd boast because last year’s action was merely an emergency exercise in saving the patient, as opposed to getting British Steel on its feet and out of the hospital. That changes the calculation.
British Steel has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
National Audit has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.