Unite general secretary Len McCluskey outside the Grangemouth plant on Thursday ©Getty Unite general secretary Len McCluskey outside the Grangemouth plant on Thursday The future of the Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical plant was hanging in the balance on Thursday night despite the Unite union accepting demands for a pay freeze and changes in working conditions. Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary, said after talks with management that the union had accepted “warts and all” the Ineos demands in an attempt to save Scotland’s most important industrial complex from closure. The climbdown, a significant defeat for the union, came less than a day after Ineos said it would shut the petrochemical plant at the complex, with the loss of 800 jobs and review the future of the refinery. However, it remained unclear on Thursday night whether Jim Ratcliffe, chairman and main shareholder of Ineos, would drop the closure plan or reopen […]