The Latest Breaking News from Port Talbot

Tata’s plan for greener steel would see a four-year shutdown in Wales but unions and locals are adamant there is another way

In a move to embrace sustainable steelmaking, British Steel has unveiled a £1.25 billion plan to replace two blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant with electric arc furnaces. This follows the UK government’s commitment in September to invest up to £500 million towards an electric arc furnace at Tata Steel’s…

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

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

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Unions call agreement a ‘disgrace’ and vow to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to save jobs

Unions say as many as 3,000 workers could lose posts in long term on back of deal to help decarbonisation plans

Unions fear that jobs will be lost through £500m green steel subsidy deal with Tata which has been announced today

Expected government deal to help switch to greener production could lead to as many as 3,000 job losses