MPs have been recalled to pass emergency measures safeguarding a major steel plant, with the PM warning that the nation’s economic security and thousands of jobs are on the line, and that nationalisation may be considered to protect essential industrial capacity.

The PM and key officials are holding emergency discussions to protect the nation’s economy, addressing market instability and growing concerns over a potential global downturn.

Polling suggests that Reeves’s plan is almost as disliked as the Truss Budget, prompting concerns over household finances.

In the ongoing war, thousands of minors have reportedly been taken from their homes and placed far from their families, with the rescue operation losing vital backing after a tech mogul’s cost-cutting move, prompting renewed support from Britain and the West.