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Apr 12, 2025 27 min

A Step Towards British Steel Nationalisation?

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Today, we look at the future of British Steel, as MPs voted to take control over a Scunthorpe plant. They met in Parliament on a Saturday for the first time since 1982. Chris was there too, and he joins Laura and Paddy to talk through the details, as well as what it says about how the UK is responding to international events. We also hear from ex PM Gordon Brown, who’s been talking to Paddy. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9 New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg, Paddy O'Connell and Chris Mason. It was made by Chris Flynn with Bella Saltiel. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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