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 situation more difficult” by commenting on specific commercial details, the day after taking emergency powers to gain control of the Scunthorpe site.

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice joins Talk’s Jeremy Kyle to discuss this further.

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49 Comments

  1. They bought a German plant, put numbers on every part from cranes to blower motors, took pictures and the disassembled every single piece of kit shipped it back to China lock stock and barrel rebuilt it and they had a working steel plant, on the cheap. If the Germans had been smart they would’ve have smashed it up, now they’ve got steel being dumped on them.

  2. Successive governments for decades have led to this mess. Let's see in a few months whether this is being used by politicians simply to create fear against China and the call for massive military expansion, or are they serious about spending billions on a UK industry. I suspect the former.

  3. Look how BMC was destroyed, the 4th biggest car manufacturer in 1968 with 203,000 direct well paid employees now zero, and they wonder why there are 11 million people of working age not working, soon to be 15 million, I'm one of them.

  4. I can't see anything worthwhile surviving another 4 years of this moronic government. They are so out of their depth because they have no talent and no vision and no integrity.

  5. What does our country actually make and sell anymore?? All our coal , gas , oil ? And yet it’s imported. As for water , we’re surrounded by it ! How about desalination plants FFS

  6. One day people will wake and realise that the government have lied to them all their lives. They’re liars!!! Only vote for a party with a brain 🧠 left in their head….Make sure you a man or woman 😜

  7. Trust isn't enough, Mr. Tice. What you needed to have said was: "Unlike the Tories and the Labour – and indeed any of the parties though they stand a snowball's hope in Hell's chance of getting into Government – we offer an enforceable Contract, rather than a Manifesto. Furthermore, in the first month of forming the next Government in 2029, what we'll do is set up a public commission made of members of the public, magistrates and Barristers who will (should a concern about a certain campaign promise be raised) test the veracity of the claim against the promise and, should they find we lied to the public, then we can be held accountable by the public. AFTER ALL: WE WOULDN'T BE IN GOVERNMENT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE PEOPLE!"

    That's what you needed to say.

  8. What difference does it make if g b get to net zero when everyone else is using fossil fuel and getting all the benefits and us are getting nothing well done ed miliband

  9. What is also insane is your on the record support for having American nukes on British soil Mr. Tice. Do you now understand how corrupt the Ukraine is and the proxy war the USA has been fighting against Russia using the Ukrainian army?
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  10. On our local trading estate some businesses are shutting down others have left the country and gone to Italy where the energy is affordable.

  11. The Chines are much more advanced than any of our so called leaders, they know when to shut down i.e. the difference between profit and loss. They are also producing more skilled workers than our pathetic establishment.

  12. Labour and conservatives pathetic- pretending to be last minute saviours when they are still worshipping at the alter of net zero-Richard is correct net stupid zero- this is infuriating!

  13. Isn’t it rather topsy turvy to have a Labour Government that’s reluctant to nationalise an industry? Looks like we’ve still got the UniParty.

  14. When Heseltine shut Parkside colliery I believe there are hundreds of years of coal under Lancashire with modern technology this coal could become a source of a clean and efficient energy!

  15. Net Zero and mass immigration will cripple this country. Along with the crime, it's a gangster's paradise. The government will not do anything about the criminals they have let into the country they fear of their votes and unrest. If you are British and you question it, you must be far Right. This country is becoming unrecognisable.

  16. We are the laughing stock of the world. The government is corrupt and does not care about the British people. Democracy does not exist and we have been Betrayed badly. Our laws go against the British people and protect the criminals and evil people coming into our country.

  17. The last two governments, and particularly, the present one, are the biggest threat to National Security this country has ever known. Two World Wars, the Cold War and many others,have had people in charge who have known what their first duty was to the British public was. Protection. The present bunch of DEI inserts we would surely hope were somehow somewhere, being investigated for their traitorous actions?

  18. Kid Starver's plan:
    – Get local elections out of the way
    – Let Scunthorpe issue fade from the headlines
    – Backstab Scunthorpe steel workers
    – Close Scunthorpe
    – Sell site off on the cheap to property developers
    – Go to press conference and waffle on about 'being committed to the future of British steel etc…'

  19. Despite no jobs and people can no longer afford to live , people will be lining up to live off the government .Acquiring $61k weekly is indeed a blessing

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