Tata Steel's CEO, Rajesh Nair, robustly defends the decision to close both blast furnaces in Port Talbot, citing technical and financial reasons. This move puts nearly 2,000 jobs at risk of redundancy. However, there is opposition from politicians and unions, with calls for Tata Steel to reconsider and adopt a Multi-Union plan to protect jobs. Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, has assured support for the steel industry, pledging £3bn within the first Parliament of a Labour Government.
Keir Starmer seeks to keep MPs on side in a message to the PLP tonight: "I want each of you to be able to go out in your constituencies confident that our plans are credible and will help build the future our country deserves." A briefing doc issued by Reeves and Miliband's…
Our General Secretary @Roy_Rickhuss spoke with @Keir_Starmer today. Keir assured Roy that the £3bn promised by Labour for our steel industry was secure and went even further to say it would be delivered within the first Parliament of a Labour Government. @UKLabour are…
Yesterday, @jreynoldsMP once again stood up for our steel industry. He's urged Tata bosses to look again at our plan and has said clearly that a blast furnace needs to stay open. @TataSteelUK needs to adopt our Multi-Union plan. It's the only plan that protects jobs, protects…
CEO Rajesh Nair says for technical and financial reasons "there is no way” Tata Steel’s blast furnaces can be kept going https://t.co/jbpdkgyKVM
Tata Steel boss robustly defends closing both blast furnaces in Port Talbot, putting nearly 2,000 jobs there at risk of redundancy https://t.co/UInA21VI16
The boss of Tata Steel UK defends plans to close both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot https://t.co/9xaIurIp1H
Tata Steel: 'No way' blast furnaces can stay, says chief exec https://t.co/GkFGHPUhAG
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