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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said workers at a Fife plant threatened with closure are going through a “difficult time” after its owner accused the UK Government of “undermining” the business.

ExxonMobil announced on Tuesday it would shutter the Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran in February, with more than 400 jobs put at risk.

Speaking in the Commons on Wednesday, the Prime Minister claimed the plant was

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