Ed Conway

1 week ago | coastfm.co.uk | Ed Conway |Sam Coates

The future of Britain's last major steelmaking plant is uncertain. The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe had been on course to close down by May, but urgent government intervention will keep it open - for now. Emergency legislation was passed on 12 April to bring the steelworks under effective government control. Politics latest: Follow live updatesHowever, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has warned this does not mean the plant is guaranteed to survive.

1 week ago | news.sky.com | Ed Conway |Sam Coates

The future of Britain's last major steelmaking plant is uncertain. The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe had been on course to close down by May, but urgent government intervention will keep it open - for now. Emergency legislation was passed on 12 April to bring the steelworks under effective government control. Politics latest: Follow live updatesHowever, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has warned this does not mean the plant is guaranteed to survive.

2 weeks ago | africapulse.com | Ed Conway

Long read: Of course this is dramatic – from your phone to iconic US diggers, global trade makes everything workOf course, this is dramatic.…This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Ed Conway

Of course this is dramatic. Of course markets are slumping. Because if you take Donald Trump at his word (something investors are now finally beginning to do), he is attempting single-handedly to reverse and uproot decades worth of economic history in the space of a few months. Because if this really is "the end of globalisation", as a few politicians, including Keir Starmer, are now calling it, it constitutes one of the most wrenching, painful episodes in modern times.

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Ed Conway

​​​​​​​The last blast furnaces left operating in Britain could see their fate sealed within days, after their Chinese owners took the decision to cut off the crucial supply of ingredients keeping them running. Jingye, the owner of British Steel in Scunthorpe, has, according to union representatives, cancelled future orders for the iron ore, coal and other raw materials needed to keep the furnaces running.