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A failing steel company is the last thing the state should buy

4 December 2024

10:17 PM

4 December 2024

10:17 PM

It could be backing the hottest start-ups in Artificial Intelligence. It could be nurturing space businesses, or flying taxis, or at least something with a functioning website. If the British government wants to put money into industry, there are lots of different options it could choose. But no. It turns out that it will back steel manufacturing with taxpayer’s millions.

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