Exclusive: Welsh secretary to announce £80m funding to help 2,800 Tata steelworkers and local economyPort Talbot steelworkers and their families affected by the closure of furnaces will be entitled to grants of up to...
Read MoreLobby group UK Steel said country faces ‘cliff edge’ in 2026 when current protections run outThe UK steel industry has called for the government to consider further protectionist trade measures as it braces for a...
Read MorePrivatisation, a lack of industrial strategy and cheap imports have all but buried domestic steel output but there is hope for the futureBlow for British steel industry as 2,500 jobs go at Port TalbotLabour’s plan for...
Read MoreRishi Sunak asks PM over previous Labour analysis linking the policy to 4,000 extra deaths a yearA new Labour pressure group aiming to “take on the Nimbys” is being launched today, PA Media says. PA reports.The...
Read MoreConfirmation comes despite £500m government funding towards building new greener arc furnace at plantThe British steel industry has suffered a blow after 2,500 job cuts at the Port Talbot steelworks were confirmed, despite...
Read MoreAnnouncement on taxpayer-funded rescue plan for Tata-owned south Wales plant expected on WednesdayThe British steel industry is braced for 2,500 job cuts at the Port Talbot steelworks, with thousands more jobs at risk in the UK,...
Read MoreWales secretary says Tories should have prepared for workforce cuts resulting from switch to electric arc furnaceUncertainty over the future of Tata Steel in south Wales is already causing job losses in the broader industry, the...
Read MoreCompany insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approvedThe company behind the first new coalmine in the UK for 30 years has argued in the high court on Tuesday that it would be...
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Read MoreThousands of jobs are due to be cut this year at Tata Steel in Port Talbot, putting the future of British steel under serious threat. The Guardian political correspondent Kiran Stacey hears from workers at the plant and people...
Read MoreLabour says fallout from Tata decision to close blast furnaces at steelworks will be felt for decades• ‘Am I going to be homeless in June?’: workers fear return to 1980sSouth Wales is heading for an economic...
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MPs vote to give leave to bring in private
As part of a comprehensive programme of renationalisation, the
Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to
Members of the national assembly banned from entering building
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to
Andrew RT Davies narrowly won a confidence vote but
Change in schedule comes after Wallace stepped back from
Davies says position ‘untenable’ despite narrowly winning confidence vote,
Tougher guidance in England and Wales will also prevent
Minister for safeguarding unveils measures including ‘right to know’,