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Port Talbot: steel town braces for shutdown of its last blast furnace

Closure to make way for greener electric arc furnace deals heavy blow to local people and ends ability to make ‘virgin steel’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Why the UK government’s £500 million investment in Port Talbot is not enough to secure the British steel industry

At first glance, a £500 million government investment into a critical industry looks like a move designed to inspire confidence. But the large sum will provide little comfort to the 2,500 people expected to lose their jobs as Tata Steel close the UK’s last blast furnace at Port Talbot in…

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2024

Port Talbot: Labour’s deal for steel workers explained as 2,500 job losses announced

Labour has revised a deal drawn up by Conservative government but failed to prevent the thousands of job losses

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024

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Port Talbot job losses: what’s next for British steel production?

Privatisation, a lack of industrial strategy and cheap imports have all but buried domestic steel output but there is hope for the future

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

People in Port Talbot: how will the steelworks job cuts affect the town?

We would like to hear about the impact of the job cuts on workers and their families, as well as the local community and businesses

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Blow for British steel industry as 2,500 jobs go at Port Talbot

Confirmation comes despite £500m government funding towards building new greener arc furnace at plant

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

British steel industry braces for 2,500 job cuts at Port Talbot in government deal

Details of taxpayer-funded rescue plan for Tata-owned south Wales plant are expected on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024

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‘I wanted to be seen as the greatest actor of all time. Then I realised that was nonsense’: Michael Sheen on pride, parenting and paying it forward

He’s the feted star who cracked Hollywood, but it was only when he swapped LA for his home town in Wales that he was able to do his most meaningful work yet

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2024

Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces

As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024

UK will press for job promises in return for Port Talbot investment

New business secretary Jonathan Reynolds confirms that negotiations with owner Tata Steel are continuing

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

Tata cancels early closure of Port Talbot furnaces after Unite calls off strike

Steelworks owner says withdrawal of threat of industrial action means it can continue to operate one furnace safely

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Owner of Port Talbot steelworks offers fresh talks as furnaces face closure

Sources say Tata offer is predicated on unions at south Wales site agreeing to suspend future industrial action

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Labour urged to step in over Tata’s plans to close steelworks days after election

Owner of plants in south Wales says it could cease operations at blast furnaces in response to strike action

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

Tata to close Port Talbot plant early due to strike action

Unite says upcoming walkout at the plant, which was set to close in September, is ‘for the future of the steel industry’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024

Tata set to shut down steel plant early because of Unite strike

Company brings forward blast furnace closure and launches legal action against union ballot

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024

Steelworkers to strike over Tata’s plans to cut 2,800 jobs in south Wales

Unite members in Port Talbot and Llanwern to stage first strike in 40 years, which union says will hit UK operations

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Tata claims steelmaking in south Wales at risk if £500m subsidy is delayed

Shadow business secretary calls on Indian company to restart talks with potential Labour government

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024

Couple in Wales jailed for series of ‘dine and dash’ offences

Ann and Bernard McDonagh from Port Talbot ‘cynically and brazenly’ defrauded restaurants, says judge

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The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024

Tata agrees Port Talbot deal with National Grid despite union criticism

New furnaces will be powered by electricity from 2027 but up to 2,800 workers will be made redundant

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024

Port Talbot couple admit ‘dine and dash’ offences with £1,000 in unpaid bills

Bernard and Ann McDonagh admit five joint charges of fraud after not paying at four restaurants and one takeaway

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

The collapse of Port Talbot’s steelworks is a death knell for industrial, working-class Britain

UK industrial towns offered not only well-paid jobs, but a whole working-class culture. A radical alternative is desperately needed, says former coalminer Keith Gildart

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

Tata would ‘push on with Port Talbot job losses even with Labour subsidy’

Exclusive: Sources close to Tata say thousands of steelworks redundancies would still go ahead despite promise of support

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

South Wales ‘heading for Thatcher-era shock’ as Port Talbot closures loom

Labour says fallout from Tata decision to close blast furnaces at steelworks will be felt for decades

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

‘Am I going to be homeless in June?’: Port Talbot workers fear return to 1980s

Employees believe closure of steelworks’ coke oven will accelerate end of blast furnaces, with loss of up to 2,800 jobs

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

Unions condemn Tata Steel decision to shut Port Talbot coke ovens early

Union condemns decision as ‘massive blow’ and comes after firm confirmed closure of blast furnaces by end of year

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