Parliament was recalled today (12/04/2025) to debate the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill. This Bill will empower the UK Labour Government to ensure that British Steel’s Scunthorpe site buys and uses the raw materials required to keep the blast furnaces running.
Labour’s actions will ensure the continued operation of the blast furnaces at Scunthorpe which is key for the UK’s economic and national security. The government’s intervention follows a period of bad faith negotiations on the part of Jingye.
Alasdair McDiarmid Assistant General Secretary of Community Union, The Steelworkers Union, said:
“Community Union welcomes and wholeheartedly backs the Labour Government’s decisive action to take control of British Steel.
“The government has sought to negotiate constructively and even offered to buy raw materials to stop the blast furnaces closing, but Jingye have shut down every avenue to keep the furnaces running and avoid imminent job losses.
“Moreover, Jingye has not consulted in good faith with the unions, and they now need to get out of the road to give space to all those who want to see British Steel succeed.
“Today’s intervention by the UK Labour Government is a first step towards securing a sustainable future for British Steel and steel communities like Scunthorpe. We will continue to work with the government to deliver this future and build a thriving UK steel industry which supports thousands of good jobs and the economic security of our country.”
© Community Trade Union 2025
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