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British Steel: 2,700 jobs

Jobs
2,700 (UK)
Announced
27 March 2025
Status
In consultation
Stated reason
Costs
it is losing about £700,000 a day
Where
Scunthorpe
Source strength
Two or more independent publishers
Sources
13 sources from 4 publisher groups.

Sources

PublisherHeadlineDate
The GuardianBritish Steel plans to close Scunthorpe blast furnaces with 2,700 jobs at risk27 March 2025
HansardThe Minister for Industry (Sarah Jones), House of Commons: Scunthorpe Steelworks27 March 2025
BusinessLiveFears for Scunthorpe steelworks jobs as consultation launched on closure27 March 2025
The GuardianCarmaker shares slide after Trump’s 25% tariff; British Steel proposes closing Scunthorpe blast furnaces – as it happened27 March 2025
The IndependentThousands of British Steel jobs at risk after government offer to go green rejected27 March 2025
The Guardian‘Good chance’ Reeves will have to raise taxes in autumn budget, thinktank says – as it happened27 March 2025
Grimsby Telegraph2,700 jobs at risk at British Steel's Scunthorpe steelworks - live updates27 March 2025
The Guardian‘It will cripple the town’: Scunthorpe ponders life after steel as 2,700 jobs at risk7 April 2025
The GuardianUK politics: ‘All options on table’ for Scunthorpe steelworks, says Starmer, amid calls for nationalisation – as it happened8 April 2025
The GuardianGovernment scrambles to save British Steel as firm faces crisis within crisis11 April 2025
The GuardianStarmer aiming to ‘pass emergency legislation in one day’ to save British Steel – as it happened11 April 2025
The GuardianStarmer steps in to seize control of British Steel with nationalisation likely11 April 2025
The GuardianNetwork Rail has stockpiled a year’s worth of rails in case of British Steel disruption13 April 2025

Changes to this page

DateWhat changedReason
25 Sep 2026status: proposed → consultationnew source: The Guardian

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