LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government on Friday called an emergency weekend session of Parliament to pass legislation aimed at saving the country's last factory that makes steel from raw materials, a move that has been widely called for since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel.

MPs are set to vote on whether to grant the Government control of British Steel as emergency legislation paving the way for nationalisation comes before Parliament.

The UK government said it was taking control of Chinese-owned British Steel on Saturday after rushing an emergency law through parliament to avert the shutdown of the country's last factory