Lisa Nandy says commercial solution achievable amid fears plant running out of options to secure raw materialsBusiness live – latest updatesCrisis talks between the government and the Chinese owner of British Steel ended...
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Read MoreCarmakers will be given more flexibility over targets on transitioning to electric vehiclesKeir Starmer has said the government will step in to support key British industries, as business grapples with the economic turmoil...
Read MoreClosure of Nippon Electric Glass plant would put further pressure on Rachel Reeves’s industrial strategyBusiness live – latest updatesA glass factory in Wigan that produces fibreglass for electric cars and wind...
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Read MoreBritish steelmakers lobby for government to set limit to compete with France and GermanyThe British steel industry has called for capped energy prices for heavy industry in order to match France and Germany, as companies grapple...
Read MoreONS data showing 0.1% fall in GDP in January comes less than two weeks before chancellor’s spring statementBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy contracted by 0.1% in January, dealing a blow to Rachel Reeves...
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Read MoreThinktank cautions Trump tariffs could blow hole in forecast, with 63% of UK firms exporting to US expecting to be hitThe British economy is on course to expand by 1.5% this year after the budget gave a boost to public spending...
Read MoreExclusive: Labour Together urges government to ‘de-risk’ supply chains by working with other countriesThe UK must become less dependent on China for critical minerals, an influential thinktank has concluded before a...
Read MoreShadow cabinet secretary Claire Coutinho accepted donation from Lord Bamford while overseeing millions awarded to his family businesses in green grantsA Conservative former cabinet minister who took donations from the...
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