North Sea oil deals allow companies to offset billions in tax liabilities
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Why did the government take control of British Steel?
An emergency law has handed control of the UK’s only remaining plant making virgin steel to the government.
Chris Mason: British Steel law rushed through Parliament but it is just a stop gap
For all of Saturday’s drama, the government’s intervention so far is just a stop gap, writes our political editor.