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Carillion collapse raises job fears
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Construction giant Carillion is to go into liquidation, threatening thousands of jobs. The move came after talks between the firm, its lenders and the government failed to reach a deal to save the UK's second biggest construction company.
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Its failure means the government will have to provide funding to maintain the public services run by Carillion. "All employees should keep coming to work, you will continue to get paid. Staff that are engaged on public sector contracts still have important work to do," said government minister David Lidington.
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The company has 43,000 staff worldwide - 20,000 in the UK. It is not clear yet how those staff will be affected. Carillion also employs thousands of smaller firms, who will be keen to know how they are affected by its collapse.
Some of Carillion's contracts will be taken on by other firms and some could be taken back into the public sector.
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