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Large parts of Port Talbot steelworks could be shut under Tata Steel cuts plan

Unions say move could force Tata’s automative steel factory at Llanwern to close, costing 600 jobs

The Guardian - UK

Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces

As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry

The Guardian - UK

Fresh calls to scrap Cumbrian coalmine amid steel industry’s green push

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

The Guardian - UK

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Fears over jobs as British Steel confirms plans to shut blast furnaces

Unions fear up to 2,000 jobs could be put at risk by the move.

The Independent UK

British Steel to replace Scunthorpe furnaces, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk

Plant’s Chinese owner says £1.25bn scheme to switch to electric arc furnaces is contingent on £500m in government support

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour and the steel industry: how to forge a better future

Editorial: Visiting Port Talbot steelworks this week, Sir Keir Starmer was right to call for a new deal for a vital sector

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says he will set aside party politics ‘to turn around steel industry’

The Labour leader made the vow as the industry faces painful job cuts as part of the drive to lower emissions

The Independent UK

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Sir Keir Starmer vows to put party politics aside to make UK a leader in steel

The Labour leader made the vow as the industry faces painful job cuts as part of the drive to lower emissions.

The Independent UK

Labour promises UK steel industry will be ‘backed not abandoned’

Sir Keir Starmer will visit the Port Talbot steelworks on Monday.

The Independent UK

British Steel owner preparing to cut as many as 2,000 jobs, report says

China’s Jingye Group said to be considering move as part of switch to using greener electric arc furnaces

The Guardian - UK

Welsh steelworks at breaking point over the cost of cleaning up its act

Time is running out in Port Talbot to decarbonise its operations: at stake is the supply chain for much of Britain’s construction and manufacturing sectors, along with thousands of jobs

The Guardian - UK

Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry

Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"

Daily Mirror

"I sounded like Clint Eastwood clutching a condom!" The story behind Judas Priest's Living After Midnight

How John Lennon – and Rob Halford complaining that his bandmates were making a racket – inspired a metal classic

Metal Hammer

Keir Starmer blasts 'asleep at the wheel' Tories as he vows to save steel industry

On a visit to British Steel site in Scunthorpe, the Labour leader said a good, secure steel industry is a 'massive prize' - and it would be 'unforgivable for this Government to simply sit it out'

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The Independent UK

Starmer: Labour would ‘seize opportunity’ to revive British steel industry

The Labour leader visited the British Steel site in Scunthorpe on Thursday as he pledged Labour support for the industry.

Metal Hammer

Rob Halford: "I've never been afraid of death"

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford shares his wisdom on death, Dolly Parton and surviving disco

Birmingham Post

Sir Keir Starmer pitches steel plan in Scunthorpe as Labour lays into lack of industrial strategy

Key match-funding pledge on clean investment made as Labour looks to win back steel town

The Independent UK

Labour will back British steel after Tory neglect – Starmer

The Labour leader will visit the British Steel site in North Lincolnshire on Thursday.

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Birmingham Post

Belgian rail deal extension delights British Steel

Infrabel signs four-year agreement covering 40,000 tonnes of Scunthorpe steel

Birmingham Post

Secretary of State visits British Steel as level playing field policy sought on energy and carbon costs

Kemi Badenoch visited the Scunthorpe site as negotiations continue

Birmingham Post

British Steel's new £30m ship unloaders welcomed to Immingham Bulk Terminal

Huge investments were initially ordered four years ago - with both the terminal and works now under different control

Metal Hammer

British Steel by Judas Priest: the story behind that iconic album artwork

"Still now, when you look at that cover, it has a tremendous impact" - Rob Halford

Birmingham Post

Steelworkers' joy at huge reprieve with pay packets set to increase for those who feared the axe

Union boss reflects on successful negotiations as alternative employment found for coke ovens team despite looming closure

Birmingham Post

250 jobs saved at British Steel but Scunthorpe's coke ovens will close

Alternative roles to be offered to avoid any compulsory redundancies following major strategic decision on Scunthorpe site

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak says he wants 'thriving' steel industry - but swerves guaranteeing its survival

Rishi Sunak was quizzed about his commitment to the UK steel sector amid rising fears over job cuts and the support needed to switch to "green steel"

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