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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

Tata Steel seals £500m UK support package but big job losses feared

A roll of coiled steel leaves the coil box on the steel production line at the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales.
A roll of coiled steel leaves the coil box on the steel production line at the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales. Photograph: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images

The UK government has agreed a £500m support package for Tata Steel to secure the future of the Port Talbot steelworks, in a deal unions said will have “devastating consequences”, with as many as 3,000 workers expected to lose their jobs.

India’s Tata group, which owns the vast steelworks in south Wales – Britain’s biggest – is also expected to inject about £725m to help it transition to greener production methods.

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