Why has British Steel been nationalised?
The UK's only remaining plant making virgin steel has been taken into public ownership after years of uncertainty over its future.
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"But let me be really clear, there is an alternative here - that we let this business go bust."
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The UK's only remaining plant making virgin steel has been taken into public ownership after years of uncertainty over its future.
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