British Steel employees express fears over future of Scunthorpe plant

MPs are set to debate emergency legislation to keep the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe open in a move that would pave the way for nationalisation. The rare Saturday sitting of parliament will come after Jingye, the steelwork’s Chinese owner, cancelled orders for the raw materials needed to keep the UK’s last blast furnaces running. Jingye also rejected a £500m state rescue package in a move which raised fresh doubts about the 3,500 jobs at the Lincolnshire plant – with it feared the site would be forced to close as early as next week. Follow live: Politics updates Here we…