Prax Lindsey oil refinery owners urged to ‘do decent thing’ for workers

UK government writes to husband and wife team amid concerns that finding buyer for plant will be difficult

The UK government has written to the husband-and-wife team behind the stricken Prax Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire urging them to do the decent thing" and support affected workers financially, amid mounting concern that finding a buyer for the plant will be difficult.

In a letter to the Prax Group owners, Arani and Sanjeev Kumar Soosaipillai, seen by the Guardian, the junior energy minister Michael Shanks said the government was urgently exploring what support can be offered to the workforce at this difficult time".