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Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds informed MPs that the UK government plans to acquire Speciality Steel UK (SSUK), the country's third-largest steelworks, which had been previously placed under government control last year after liquidation proceedings. The firm employs approximately 1,300 people across sites in South Yorkshire and the West Midlands. The government decided against supporting a recent bid due to concerns over financing and taxpayer protections, leading them to develop their own proposal for nationalization to preserve strategic control and explore future opportunities for the sites.
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Leaning score -0.45 for article 10481 (high confidence, 1 verified quote) · logged 2026-09-15
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A plan to nationalise the UK's third-largest steelworks is being developed by the government, MPs have been told.
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MPs → publish → government
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the House of Commons ministers were looking to acquire Speciality Steel UK (SSUK), which has sites in Stocksbridge and Rotherham in South Yorkshire and Wednesbury in the West Midlands.
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which → tell → Midlands
The government initially took control of SSUK, previously part of Liberty Steel, last year after it was forced to liquidate by the High Court.
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it → take → Court
Reynolds said a bidder had come forward earlier this year, but the government had decided against supporting it, citing "serious concerns" over the proposed financing of the deal and "protections for UK taxpayers".
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government → say → taxpayers
Ministers had therefore decided that the government would plan its own formal acquisition of the business, he explained.
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he → decide → business
Production at the business, which employs about 1,300 people, was paused several months ago, with staff put on furlough on reduced wages.
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staff → employ → wages
Reynolds told the Commons: "Having concluded that we cannot support the preferred bidder's proposal, we are faced with a choice.
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we → tell → choice
We can allow events to take their course through the liquidation process and risk being left with no say in the future of these sites, or we can act.
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we → allow → sites
We will therefore engage with the official receiver sale process and develop a proposal for the public acquisition of SSUK.
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We → engage → SSUK
"This will preserve strategic control and ensure that all credible future opportunities can be properly considered before irreversible decisions are taken."
Future decisions and spending commitments relating to the business would be "subject to detailed due diligence and funded from existing government budgets", Reynolds said.
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Reynolds → preserve → budgets
He added: "Working towards public acquisition will create the necessary time and space to undertake a full assessment of the opportunities available.
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Working → add → opportunities
It will let us consider future industrial use, regeneration opportunities and the role that specialist manufacturing capabilities could play in supporting growth and our national resilience."
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capabilities → let → growth
In a message to workers, he said: "I will do all I can to secure a bright future for you, your communities and your families."
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I → say → you
Responding to the announcement, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "This is a critical move.
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This → respond → announcement
The government is listening to Unite and is acting to protect jobs.
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government → listen → jobs
Now we need to get on and nationalise the company."
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we → need → company
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