Tata Steel Ltd. has suggested that the U.K. government contribute in excess of 900 million pounds ($1.2 billion) to take a stake in its British activities and secure the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales, Sky News detailed, without saying where it got the data.

Under the arrangement, the state would control a stake of as much as 50% in Britain’s biggest steelmaker, Sky said. The proposal, which is one of the alternatives the organization is thinking about, would likewise include the Indian organization writing off a comparative amount of obligation it’s owed by the U.K. business. The Treasury declined to remark on the Sky report. A representative for Tata in Mumbai said the organization doesn’t remark on speculation.

Tata utilizes 8,000 individuals in the U.K., half of them in Port Talbot. The local individual from parliament, Stephen Kinnock, a month ago said it was urgent that the government acts to spare the occupations. U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has said he will set an “exceptionally high” bar for organizations looking for taxpayer-funded bailouts during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Financial Times announced in June that Tata was near marking a salvage manage the U.K. government. Both the government and Tata wouldn’t examine a loan application, while an authority with information on the issue proposed the government wasn’t close to an deal with Tata, saying the FT story was off the mark.