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?
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
Observer business agenda
Thames, Tata, Shein – it won’t be business as usual for Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds
British electricity prices could hinder switch to green technology, says steel industry
Tata cancels early closure of Port Talbot furnaces after Unite calls off strike
June 2024
Owner of Port Talbot steelworks offers fresh talks as furnaces face closure
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Nigel Farage takes part in Question Time election special – as it happened
Labour urged to step in over Tata’s plans to close steelworks days after election
Tata to close Port Talbot plant early due to strike action
Steelworkers to strike over Tata’s plans to cut 2,800 jobs in south Wales
Tata claims steelmaking in south Wales at risk if £500m subsidy is delayed
Union plans to escalate action over job losses at two steelworks in Wales
May 2024
Tata agrees Port Talbot deal with National Grid despite union criticism
Tata steelworkers vote to take industrial action over job losses
April 2024
Tata Steel rejects union plan to save jobs and keep Port Talbot furnace open
Politics Weekly UK
Port Talbot and the future of British steel – Politics Weekly UK
March 2024
The collapse of Port Talbot’s steelworks is a death knell for industrial, working-class Britain
Keith Gildart
Tata would ‘push on with Port Talbot job losses even with Labour subsidy’
South Wales ‘heading for Thatcher-era shock’ as Port Talbot closures loom
‘Am I going to be homeless in June?’: Port Talbot workers fear return to 1980s
