The UK Labour Party is advocating for the nationalization of the Port Talbot steelworks and has secured an Opposition Day debate to address the government's current strategy for the steel industry. Labour criticizes the Prime Minister for a deal with Tata Steel that would pay the company £500 million for making 2,800 workers redundant, while Tata has paid £1.4 billion in dividends between 2019 and 2023. Labour proposes a £3 billion steel renewal fund and a multi-union plan to support workers and facilitate a transition to green steel production. Steelworkers from South Wales have traveled to Westminster to lobby MPs over Tata's job cut plans and to participate in the debate.
Tata Steel’s devastating decision that will see 1000’s of job loses is impacting families across Cardiff North and leaves the UK as the only G20 nation unable to produce steel My intervention in today's debate 👇 https://t.co/R7Lu4hJeYx
Tonight, I voted for @UKLabour’s long-term plan to protect our steel industry for generation to come. https://t.co/dzrMSiDKUR
Decarbonisation must never mean deindustrialisation. The Tory-Tata deal will see jobs disappearing to India, with dirtier steel imported back. It will leave Britain as the only G20 country without primary steelmaking- weakening our security. https://t.co/gQXqD9WYED
Tonight I voted to back @UKLabour ‘s long-term plan for Britain’s steel industry - it is extraordinary that @KemiBadenoch and @RishiSunak won’t talk to the First Minister of Wales about the future of Port Talbot steel works https://t.co/LpGrPadEfX
Steel will forge our future. Not just our past. For our security, and for our economy, steel should be at the heart of an industrial strategy. This government deal is a mistake. Labour knows that steel can have a bright future in Britain. https://t.co/E2zUVXQFq4
The Tories have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money on a plan that will put our security at risk and thousands out of work. Tonight, I voted for @UKLabour’s long-term plan to protect our steel industry for generation to come. https://t.co/SgAySbVLVl
Decarbonisation will not mean deindustrialization under Labour, it'll mean jobs and cheaper energy bills. And British steel! https://t.co/JsaeqziMG4
As the son of a steelworker, I stand with all those steelworkers whose jobs are under threat. But our steel sector is not only a proud part of our past, it is crucial to our future. I’m to back @UKLabour’s long-term plan for steel in the vote this evening. https://t.co/o1V120x21g
Under Labour, our steel sector won't just be British heritage. It will be Britain's future. https://t.co/VLfmQ1U084
Decarbonisation will need mean deindustrialization under Labour, it'll mean jobs and cheaper energy bills. And British steel! https://t.co/IdTqKupWHe
Labour stands with our steel industry and I, along with my colleagues, voted to back it in the Chamber tonight. The Tories didn’t bother to vote. https://t.co/t6EQB8U8ej
Really powerful and heartfelt speech from @SKinnock in our @UKLabour steel debate. We must not have irreversible decisions when there are alternatives available that secure jobs, sovereign capability to make virgin steel and a just transition #SaveOurSteel #BritainWeNeedOurSteel
Proud to support the Port Talbot steelworkers today. Fighting for their livelihoods their families & their communities. Solidarity ✊️@unitetheunion https://t.co/4FYrvXMrjB
A really important debate going on in Parliament today on protecting steel in the UK. It was great to meet steelworkers from #Wales to hear first-hand of their experiences. Jobs and our proud manufacturing heritage must be protected. https://t.co/otkYYHSzi7
Today @UKLabour has called an Opposition Day debate on protecting UK steel. The government’s current plans for the industry will leave thousands of workers in Port Talbot and Scunthorpe redundant and make the UK the only G20 country unable to make steel from scratch. 1/2
Following discussions yesterday, we have secured a commitment from @UKLabour to demand that: ➡️TATA are not to make any ‘irreversible decisions’ before a general election. ➡️An incoming Labour govt committing £3 billion to secure the future of the Welsh steel industry. #UKSteel https://t.co/q8UXfSjo1y
A @UKLabour would be going full steam ahead with the multi-union plan. Both Tata and steel workers would feel confident that the £3bn long-term investment would be there from a Labour government to protect jobs, our sovereign steelmaking capability and transition to green steel. https://t.co/74fvK1ucEc
Labour's @jreynoldsMP has begun the @UKLabour's debate on steel. He's absolutely right that it would be calamitous for the UK economy to become the first modern economy to be unable to make its own steel. #SaveOurSteel
Steelworkers from South Wales have urged politicians to “stand up and support them” after plans to cut thousands of jobs were unveiled ✍️: @GeoLithgow and @Faizah_Malik_ https://t.co/aLVtnmZUvd
Today I stood shoulder to shoulder with steelworkers. It's reckless of the Tories and greedy Tata bosses to allow key steel jobs to be lost when with a proper plan taking advantage of growing demand for steel - and especially low carbon green steel – these jobs could be saved. https://t.co/GbZQiGHjDm
Today we’re forcing a vote on the Government’s bad deal for steel. The Tories are throwing British steelworkers on the scrapheap. Labour will make long term investments through our Green Steel Fund to deliver an alternative future for this vital sector. https://t.co/slBl2KjOkA
The transition to net zero will require low carbon steel – and we could be making more of that here in Britain. That's why today I joined @unitetheunion to call on the government to bring forward a plan to create jobs, not cut them. https://t.co/QefaWnJXhz
MPs are now taking part in an Opposition Day debate from @UKLabour on: • Children not in school (national register and support) • Protecting steel in the UK Watch:
Port Talbot steelworkers and their community are leading the fight to #SaveUKsteel. Today they are inside parliament making sure their voices are heard and making sure politicians have no where to hide. Read the Workers’ Plan 🫶🏾https://t.co/nMN5CQxvcj https://t.co/XITjlkJGYd
Steelworkers from south Wales have travelled to Westminster to lobby MPs over Tata's plans to cut 2,800 jobs https://t.co/a0xHXsWJIP
🚨 @UKLabour is aiming to bring forward legislation to create a new statutory register of children not in school An Opposition Day debate motion is planned today to allow the party to introduce a Children Not in School (National Register) Bill⬇️ https://t.co/dyqNauZOHy
Unite steelworkers are at Westminster as Parliament debates Port Talbot job cuts. It's time for @RishiSunak to stand up and be counted and to back UK Steel and UK workers. Unite will be preparing to protect these workers by all and every means. #UKSteel https://t.co/YDAN2J7uRm
Steelworkers are outside Parliament ahead of the vote in Parliament. We won’t let Tata UK plead poverty while its owner paid out dividends of £1.4bn to shareholders from 2019-2023. @RishiSunak’s government is stringing us along - we need real investment with job guarantees. https://t.co/40b8IBpjj6
If I was your @UKLabour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, I'd be supporting our motion in Parliament on the future of the steel industry. I want to see a future for steel in our communities and across our country. #SaveOurSteel #BritainWeNeedOurSteel https://t.co/57dBo5NhqH
Welsh Labour and UK Labour stand up for steel. Welsh steel needs a bridge, not a cliff edge. That’s what we would get with a UK Labour Government. https://t.co/Lq41P38xon
The UK has the opportunity to become a global leader in green steel production by committing to a long-term programme of investment in clean technologies. Today, @UKLabour is forcing a vote on the future of the British steel industry to protect jobs & our national security. https://t.co/Paws5ruYWf
Labour will make sure the UK is a world leader in clean green steel with a long-term programme of investment in clean steel technologies. Today, we're forcing a vote on the future of the British steel industry to protect jobs and our national security. https://t.co/8M9PEYHupc
Today we will force a vote on the Govt's bad deal for the steel sector which will see thousands lose their jobs. Labour stands with our steelworkers. We have a plan to give our steel sector a bright future and keep jobs in Britain for decades to come https://t.co/xwu6LvoIKV
Tata paid out £1.4bn in dividends between 2019 & 2023. Now they want to axe thousands of jobs. It's pure greed! We need the UK government to stand up to Tata and to pledge more public investment to save UK steel. Public ownership should also be on the table. https://t.co/TEqTnfeObD
🚨Unite steelworkers in Westminster at Parliament Workers at Tata’s steelworks in Port Talbot will be in Parliament tomorrow ahead of a Commons debate on the future of the plant. 📅Tuesday 23 January 2024 from 11:30 📍College Green, opposite House of Parliament, London https://t.co/gCu0RKvCC5
Here's my piece for today's @DailyMirror, on how the dreadful Tata-Tory steel deal will simply shift production, well-paid jobs and carbon emissions overseas. Labour's £3bn steel renewal fund and the multi-union plan would offer workers a bridge to the future, not a cliff edge. https://t.co/QN8RaucxyR
Here's my piece for today's @DailyMirror, on how the dreadful Tata-Tory steel deal will simply shift production, well-paid jobs and carbon emission overseas. Labour's £3bn steel renewal fund and the multi-union plan would offer workers a bridge to the future, not a cliff edge. https://t.co/NjjA2V7Lbe
This morning the Welsh Minister for Economy @vaughangething @WGEconomy is back in Port Talbot meeting with steelworkers to listen to their views on tata’s announcement & discussing a way forward. Clearly prioritising the future of steel making. https://t.co/i2hYMh7x8f
Good to hear @vaughangething's strong support for our steel industry and opposition to the Tory-Tata bad deal for steel. #WeNeedOurSteel #SaveOurSteel https://t.co/sRSdjNI0Ie
North Sea oil and gas not only provides hundreds of thousands of jobs for British workers, but is vital to our energy security. Labour's reckless plans put all of this at risk. https://t.co/z5IQLxzLBe
Pleased that we've secured a Labour Opposition Day debate tomorrow on PT steelworks. PM responsible for paying Tata £500m to make 2,800 workers redundant. Other G20 Govts are investing far more to save jobs, protect national security & keep their steel industry competitive.
A decent statement from @SDPhq: 'Nationalise Port Talbot steelworks.' Exactly the demand that the Labour party should be making. https://t.co/FcuLkuHq41