EPISODE · Apr 14, 2025 · 20 MIN
The art of the steel
from Politics At Sam and Anne's
It's the Monday after a dramatic weekend in the House of Commons and Sam and Anne are here to bring you up to speed on the race to keep the furnaces on at the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe. So what happens now after emergency legislation was passed on Saturday to give the government control of the plant and stop its Chinese owners from shutting it off? And does the UK have a future as a serious manufacturing country? Also, a new report from MPs hits back at claims of "two-tier policing" during last summer's riots - calling them "disgraceful".
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It's the Monday after a dramatic weekend in the House of Commons and Sam and Anne are here to bring you up to speed on the race to keep the furnaces on at the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe. So what happens now after emergency legislation was passed on Saturday to give the government control of the plant and stop its Chinese owners from shutting it off? And does the UK have a future as a serious manufacturing country? Also, a new report from MPs hits back at claims of "two-tier policing" during last summer's riots - calling them "disgraceful".
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