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| 25.08.2026 | ANNOUNCEMENT BY JINGYE STEEL CO., LTD. | SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Jingye Steel Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jingye") hereby issues the following announcement regarding the full nationalisation of British Steel by the UK Government:
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| 07.08.2026 | Government urged to refuse £1bn British Steel repayment to Chinese former owner | Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has been urged to refuse to pay back almost £1bn in loans to the Chinese former owners of British Steel after it was nationalised earlier this year.
British Steel owed just under £1bn to companies connec... |
| 03.08.2026 | Jonathan Reynolds’ industrial strategy is straight out of the 60s | Jonathan Reynolds, the new business secretary, has set out a vision for publicly owned services, with private sector partnerships, still under public control – a baffling vision from some eccentric economic bestiary, says Eliot Wilson
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| 27.07.2026 | What Britain's new government means for ASEAN and Asia | Listen
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| 21.07.2026 | Formal Statement by Jingye Steel Co., Ltd. | SHIJIAZHUANG, China, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In relation to the UK Government's compulsory nationalisation of British Steel Limited ('British Steel'), a subsidiary of Jingye Steel Co., Ltd. ('Jingye'), Jingye hereby issues the followi... |
| 16.07.2026 | Government nationalises British Steel | The government has brought British Steel under state ownership after the steelmaker’s nationalisation passed a public interest test.
The Prime Minister said the move “secured the future of British steelmaking”, and follows the introduction ... |
| 16.06.2026 | Streeting attacks Burnham’s pledges as ‘appeal to party at expense of Brits’ | Former health secretary Wes Streeting levelled a series of thinly-veiled attacks against Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, ahead of a crucial by-election that will likely set a Labour leadership contest in motion.
In a speech in Tower Bridge i... |
| 12.06.2026 | China’s Jingye Seeks Recompense as UK Gov’t Moves to Nationalize British Steel | (Yicai) June 12 -- Jingye Group is seeking compensation for investment losses after the UK government announced last month that it will legislate to fully nationalize British Steel, a subsidiary of the China's private steelmaker.
Jingye has... |
| 27.05.2026 | Starmer’s steel tariffs are as hare-brained as Trump’s | Contrary to supporting the industry, Starmer’s steel tariffs will push manufacturing offshore and likely invite retaliatory EU action, writes Andrew Griffith
The road to failure is paved with good intentions.
As ministers were drawing up th... |
| 14.05.2026 | Industry chief calls on government to water down steel tariff plans | Government plans to double tariffs on steel imports pose an enormous threat to Britain’s already ailing manufacturing industry, pushing up costs at a time when many are already in the jaws of an inflationary energy shock, Britain’s largest ... |
| 12.05.2026 | Pressure grows on UK's Starmer to quit as PM | LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday (May 11) vowed to prove his doubters wrong and stem mounting calls for him to step down after disastrous local and regional elections for his ruling Labour party.
But more than 60 of L... |
| 11.05.2026 | UK borrowing costs storm past five per cent after Starmer warns of ‘chaos’ if ousted | UK government borrowing costs have stormed higher following an attempt from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to shore up support after a disastrous local election result.
The yield on 10-year gilts rose nearly 10 basis points to over five pe... |
| 11.05.2026 | Starmer serves up his best and empty platitudes | If today’s relaunch-not-relaunch buys Keir Starmer any additional time in Downing Street, it will only be due to the extraordinary fecklessness of his would-be challengers, none of whom has anything significant to say about change either, s... |
| 11.05.2026 | Cabinet ministers urge Starmer to set path for succession | Keir Starmer’s Downing Street operation was plunged into a full-blown crisis on Monday, after three cabinet ministers urged him to set a timeline for his resignation despite the robust defence of his premiership he launched in a make-or-bre... |
| 11.05.2026 | Starmer to nationalise British Steel in bid to save premiership | Keir Starmer has promised to nationalise British Steel and prioritise closer ties with the European Union in a make or break speech to save his premiership after a bruising set of local election results.
Speaking after a weekend of frenzied... |
| 25.03.2026 | Rocco Forte: Inheritance tax grab has endangered my family firm | With luxury outposts across Europe, and plans to expand to the Gulf, Rocco Forte Hotels has become one of Britain’s most successful hospitality exports. But after being hit by a wave of damaging policies – including a potentially existentia... |
| 19.03.2026 | UK to raise steel tariffs in bid to ‘save domestic production’ | The UK government has reduced steel import quotas and raised tariffs to 50 per cent outside unit limits as part of a strategy to save the industry, an “bold” move that is likely to draw criticism from economists and opposition groups.
Quota... |
| 30.01.2026 | Is Starmer’s China visit a lose-lose trip? | Starmer was looking for win-win, Golden Era opportunities from his China visit, but the reality has yielded few tangible outcomes, writes Sam Goodman
Keir Starmer’s visit to Beijing this week has been a carefully stage-managed affair with b... |
| 08.01.2026 | Mark Kleinman: What’s in store for the Square Mile in 2026? | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column
Not great, not awful: a fair summary of my corporate predictions for 2025. On the plus side, I was right to forecast a bid for ... |
| 18.12.2025 | UK Reform Party Unveils Radical Economic Overhaul | Reform UK presents a bold new economic agenda. The party proposes a partial nationalization of Rolls-Royce. This move secures a strategic state stake. It aims to fast-track Small Modular Reactor (SMR) development. This approach mirrors US i... |
| 18.12.2025 | Mark Kleinman: Corporates queue up for 2026 p(l)ay-date | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column
Talk about being on the naughty step. For Anglo American, sealing its $60bn merger with Canada’s Teck Resources – and in the pr... |
| 16.12.2025 | ‘Picking winners? This is about backing champions’ – Reform’s Zia Yusuf on a radical approach to business | Reform has by any measure enjoyed an incredible 2025. But for much of the poll-topping year, its economic vision has remained an unknown entity. Ali Lyon met policy chief Zia Yusuf to hear, for the first time, his party’s plans for Britain’... |
| 16.12.2025 | Reform government would partially nationalise Rolls-Royce through ‘strategic stake’ | A Reform government would partially nationalise Rolls-Royce as a quid pro quo for helping it ramp up its small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear programme “as fast as it possibly can”, its policy chief has said.
In a wide-ranging interview sett... |
| 05.11.2025 | Richard Tice pledges ‘Big Reform’ of City regulation | Richard Tice has called on City leaders to draw up proposals to radically cut regulation and introduce an overhaul of major financial institutions across the UK as he called for a “Big Reform” of financial services.
In an echo of Margaret T... |
| 13.10.2025 | Nigel Farage vows to make savings before tax cuts | Reform UK’s Nigel Farage has vowed to make sweeping spending cuts before cutting taxes for Brits while hitting out at “cretins” for imposing too much regulation in the City in comments that reflect his moves to take on economic policy head-... |
| 07.10.2025 | EU tariffs leave UK steel industry facing ‘biggest threat ever’ | The UK’s ailing steel sector is facing the “biggest crisis in its history”, industry chiefs have warned, after the European Union unveiled plans to double tariffs on all steel imports in a bid to revive its moribund steelmaking capacity.
As... |
| 02.10.2025 | Explainer: Why are energy prices so high? | Energy prices for consumers across the UK rose again this month.
Ofgem, the energy regulator, set the maximum annual rate for an average household for gas and electricity at £1,755 until the end of the year.
The cap is now over £600 higher ... |
| 25.08.2025 | Nostalgia won’t save the steel industry, no matter how hard Labour tries | As the government takes control of another beleaguered steel works, Eliot Wilson asks what, exactly, the long-term plan is?
Speciality Steels UK (SSUK) is in trouble, to put it lightly. Last week, amid mounting piles of debt and denied requ... |
| 14.08.2025 | Mark Kleinman: Thames Water’s fate now sounds like a dripping timebomb | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column
There are few more irritating sounds than that of a dripping tap you cannot fix. That, writ large, is the headache facing the L... |
| 12.08.2025 | Third of young Brits favour authoritarian leader over democracy | A third of young adults said they would back an authoritarian system if leaders could take decisions more quickly, a new poll has said, in signs new voters believe the UK’s social contract is breaking down and belief in the principles of de... |
| 27.06.2025 | The Tightrope of UK Fiscal Policy: Balancing Act Amidst Uncertainty | The UK government is walking a tightrope. Recent policy shifts have left the nation’s finances teetering on the edge. The Starmer administration's recent U-turn on disability benefits has sent ripples through the bond markets. Investors are... |
| 27.06.2025 | Reeves may need larger fiscal buffer to ‘build credibility’ | Chancellor Rachel Reeves may need to make her headroom larger than £9.9bn in the autumn to restore credibility and fund policy U-turns, an economics think tank has warned, prompting warnings that “unpopular tax hikes” are coming down the li... |
| 27.06.2025 | Bond markets calm despite government benefits u-turn | The cost of government borrowing has stayed flat on Friday morning despite the Starmer administration’s costly benefits U-turn blowing a £3bn hole in the UK’s precarious public finances.
Gilts – the name for UK government bonds – opened in ... |
| 25.06.2025 | Saving British Steel leaves taxpayers with £900m bill | The government’s decision to take emergency control of British Steel is poised to cost the taxpayer just short of £1bn, according to initial government estimates, sparking warnings from opposition politicians that the Chancellor’s narrow fi... |
| 17.06.2025 | British Steel secures £500m contract with Network Rail | British Steel has won a £500m contract with Network Rail in a deal that helps secure the future of its Scunthorpe steelworks.
The agreement will see British Steel supply up to 80,000 tonnes of rail per year to the body which manages the UK’... |
| 06.06.2025 | UK’s steel industry struggles for survival despite tariff deal with US | New: You can now listen to articles.
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LONDON: Two months ago, major steel producer British Steel nearly collapsed before it was taken over by the United Kingdom’s government in a last-ditch effort to re... |
| 03.06.2025 | British Steel braces for fresh Trump tariff blow | The British steel industry is gearing up for the hammer blow of fresh US tariffs after Downing Street could not confirm that steelmakers would be exempt from the levies.
The UK government unveiled a trade deal with the US last month, under ... |
| 15.05.2025 | Tariff Tango: A 90-Day Trade Truce Between Giants | In a world where trade wars can ignite with a single tweet, the recent agreement between the U.S. and China feels like a breath of fresh air. On May 12, 2025, the two economic titans reached a pivotal deal to suspend most tariffs on each ot... |
| 15.05.2025 | Boost for Rachel Reeves as UK economy booms in first quarter | The UK economy surged by 0.7 per cent in the first three months of the year, official data has shown, suggesting firms boosted production ahead of Rachel Reeves’s tax rises in April and the threat of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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| 09.05.2025 | A New Chapter in US-UK Trade: Hope Amidst Tariffs | In a world where trade agreements often resemble a high-stakes poker game, the recent US-UK trade deal is a modest hand dealt at the table. On May 8, 2025, President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a limited b... |
| 09.05.2025 | Trump, Starmer hail limited US-UK trade deal, but 10% duties remain | Trump, Starmer hail limited US-UK trade deal, but 10% duties remain
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| 07.05.2025 | The Rise of Reform: A New Chapter in British Politics | The political landscape in the UK is shifting. The recent local elections have shaken the foundations of the traditional two-party system. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a formidable force. This is not just a blip; it’s a si... |
| 06.05.2025 | Farage’s first real test: can Reform govern? | After storming to success in the local elections, Reform now holds real positions of power – so what does it intend to do with it? Asks Emma Revell
Many column inches will be spent poring over what the local elections mean for our supposedl... |
| 30.04.2025 | Nigel Farage wants to transform British politics. He faces a key test this week | The party blends Farage’s longstanding political themes — strong borders, curbing immigration — with policies reminiscent of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Farage says he plans “a DOGE for every county,” inspired by Elon Musk... |
| 27.04.2025 | Fuel for blast furnaces and iron ore supplies arrive at British Steel | Steelworkers at Scunthorpe have been given a more certain future with the arrival of new raw materials to operate British Steel’s blast furnaces, ministers have announced.
55,000 tonnes of blast furnace coke have arrived in the UK to fuel t... |
| 26.04.2025 | Pandering to Reform won’t revive the Conservative Party, it will kill it | The Conservative Party doesn’t need to unite with Reform, it needs to remember what it stands for, writes Aaron Newbury
In a political world where nuance gives way to performance, Robert Jenrick’s call to “unite the right” might animate con... |
| 23.04.2025 | Steel and Strikes: A Tale of Resilience and Resistance | In the heart of the UK, steel and strikes are shaping the landscape. The recent saga of British Steel is a testament to resilience. Just when the industry seemed poised for a collapse, a lifeline emerged. The government stepped in, taking B... |
| 22.04.2025 | Scunthorpe needs private investment more than state support | We’ve heard a lot about nationalising British Steel but a lot less about how to unlock the growth and private investment that can help towns like Scunthorpe stand on their own two feet, says Emma Revell
The first broadcast interview I ever ... |
| 22.04.2025 | British Steel cancels mass redundancy plans | Thousands of steel workers have breathed a sigh of relief after the threat of mass redundancies was withdrawn following a government decision to put British Steel into public ownership.
China-based Jingye, the Scunthorpe plant’s former owne... |
| 18.04.2025 | UK PM Starmer discussed trade with Trump, Downing Street says | UK PM Starmer discussed trade with Trump, Downing Street says
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| 17.04.2025 | Mark Kleinman: Is it Rathi vs Woods in governor race? | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column
And so it came to pass. A month after I wrote in this column that Nikhil Rathi was likely to stay on as chief executive of the ... |
| 15.04.2025 | Steel's Crucible: The Fight for British Steel's Future | The British Steel saga unfolds like a gripping drama, where the stakes are high and the clock is ticking. With the government stepping in to take control of the Scunthorpe plant, the narrative is one of urgency, uncertainty, and the relentl... |
| 15.04.2025 | The Crucible of Crisis: British Steel's Fight for Survival | The clang of steel echoes through the halls of Westminster as Parliament prepares for an extraordinary session. A rare Saturday sitting is on the horizon, summoned by the urgent plight of British Steel. The stakes are high, and the clock is... |
| 15.04.2025 | China’s out to destroy our steel industry? We can do that on our own. | The two remaining furnaces at the Scunthorpe steel plant, known as Anne and Bess, have blasted through plenty of crises over the course of their long lives and now, thanks to an emergency effort by ministers to source enough materials to ke... |
| 15.04.2025 | Raw materials to keep British Steel plant operating reach UK | London, Apr 15 (AP) The UK government said on Tuesday it had bought enough raw materials to keep Britain's last steelmaking blast furnaces operating for the “coming weeks”.
The announcement came amid fears that the government's decision to ... |
| 15.04.2025 | Grid connection for clean energy firms to be fast-tracked, ministers say | Grid connections for businesses delivering clean energy are to be prioritised, ministers have said.
The government has said so-called ‘zombie projects’ which hold up the queue for National Grid connectivity are set to be axed from the waiti... |
| 15.04.2025 | British Steel: Reynolds would view Chinese firms in ‘different way’ | Jonathan Reynolds has said he would “look at a Chinese firm in a different way” from those of other nations on involvement in the UK steel industry.
But the business secretary has insisted the UK government took control of British Steel bec... |
| 14.04.2025 | British Steel announces new interim leadership | British Steel has announced the appointment of Allan Bell as interim chief executive after the government took over its Scunthorpe steelworks.
Bell will take up the position with immediate effect, while Lisa Coulson has also been appointed ... |
| 14.04.2025 | British Steel: No10 ‘confident’ it will secure materials to keep plant running | The UK government is confident it will beat a race against time to keep the British Steel furnaces running after taking control of the plant from Chinese owners Jingye this weekend.
Civil servants and steel workers were rushing to secure th... |
| 14.04.2025 | China urges UK to avoid 'politicising' trade after British Steel spat | BEIJING: Beijing warned Britain on Monday (Apr 14) against "politicising" an unfolding spat over the future of Chinese-owned British Steel after legislation was approved to prevent the shutdown of the last British factory that can... |
| 13.04.2025 | Reynolds fails to confirm British Steel will get raw materials required | The business secretary has declined to guarantee that British Steel will be able to secure enough raw materials in time to keep the Scunthorpe blast furnaces going.
Jonathan Reynolds said he would not “make my situation or the nation’s situ... |
| 13.04.2025 | Reynolds issues guidance to British Steel after MPs back emergency law | The business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has issued instructions to British Steel, using the emergency powers approved by Parliament on Saturday to save the Scunthorpe blast furnaces.
A government source confirmed that Reynolds had given di... |
| 12.04.2025 | MPs approve bid to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks | MPs have approved plans to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe blast furnaces after an extraordinary sitting of the Commons on Saturday.
Emergency legislation giving the government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open pass... |
| 12.04.2025 | MPs face choice on British Steel as ministers aim to ‘take back control’ | MPs face a choice between “taking back control” of British Steel or seeing the end of primary steelmaking in the UK, the industry minister said ahead of a debate on emergency legislation.
Both the Commons and the Lords will break from Easte... |
| 12.04.2025 | MPs begin debating emergency law to save British Steel | The Business Secretary accused British Steel’s Chinese owners of attempting to “unilaterally” close down its Scunthorpe blast furnaces as MPs began debating emergency legislation to save the plant.
Jonathan Reynolds told MPs that developmen... |
| 11.04.2025 | Parliament to be recalled over future of British Steel | Parliament will be recalled on Saturday to discuss the future of British Steel, according to reports.
A government source told the BBC it is looking to “take control” of the company after its owner, China’s Jingye, said its two blast furnac... |
| 09.04.2025 | The Steel Dilemma: A Crucial Crossroad for Britain’s Industry | The fate of British Steel hangs in the balance. The Scunthorpe plant, the last bastion of steelmaking in the UK, faces an uncertain future. Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, has stated that “all options are on the table” regarding its p... |
| 09.04.2025 | British Steel: Talks ongoing as hopes of ‘solution in sight’ for Scunthorpe | Talks are ongoing as government ministers battle for the future of British Steel this week, with hopes of a “commercial solution in sight”.
The firm has launched a consultation on the proposed closure of blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe pla... |
| 08.04.2025 | British Steel: ‘All options on table’ over nationalising Scunthorpe, Starmer says | The UK is keeping “all options on the table” over the potential nationalisation of the Chinese-owned British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
The Prime Minister insisted he understood the importance of the plant, which ... |
| 03.04.2025 | Mark Kleinman: Britain should steel itself for unwanted status among G7 | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column
Sajid Javid, Greg Clark, Andrea Leadsom, Kemi Badenoch and now Jonathan Reynolds: the list of business secretaries handed the a... |
| 31.03.2025 | As sun sets on Britain’s ‘steel empire’, India on ‘conquering’ march | Last September, the last blast furnace at Port Talbot, in South Wales, flickered out, ending centuries of British ‘virgin’ steel-making that once fuelled the rise of the world’s greatest coloniser. Some months later, in 2025, the story is r... |
| 28.03.2025 | Sky's Transformation: A Digital Shift with Heavy Costs | Sky, the British media giant owned by Comcast, is embarking on a significant transformation. The company announced plans to cut nearly 2,000 jobs, about seven percent of its workforce, as it overhauls its customer service operations. This m... |
| 27.03.2025 | British Steel: thousands of jobs at risk after £500m subsidy rejected | Thousands of jobs have been put at risk after British Steel announced plans to significantly reduce operations at its Scunthorpe steelworks.
Up to 2,700 employees are expected to be impacted by the move which would see the closure of two bl... |
| 27.03.2025 | Sky to overhaul call centres and cut around 2,000 jobs | Sky has announced plans to shake up its call centres in a move which will see around 2,000 jobs put at risk of being lost.
The media company, which is owned by US media giant Comcast, is looking to close three of its ten call centre sites.
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| 12.03.2025 | Steel tariffs ‘couldn’t come at a worse time’ for UK industry | - |
| 16.02.2025 | Government announces multibillion-pound plans to boost UK steel industry | - |
