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Unions say as many as 3,000 workers could lose posts in long term on back of deal to help decarbonisation plans

It's rumoured that thousands of jobs are to be axed at the Tata steel plant and that announcements on both large-scale redundancies and a £500m investment in the plant are anticipated today (September 15)

Concerns that thousands of jobs could go at Port Talbot, Britain’s biggest steelworks owned by Tata, under plans to produce “greener” steel.

The move could lead to around 3,000 job losses, mainly at Port Talbot, unions fear.

Tata, which owns the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, has been in talks with the Government for months over state aid worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

The move could lead to around 3,000 job losses, mainly at Port Talbot, unions fear.

Around 3,000 workers at Britain’s biggest steelworks face the prospect of losing their jobs as part of a government-backed package to make the plant “greener.”

A new electric arc furnace is to be built at Port Talbot, which is currently the UKs largest single carbon emitter. Replacing the existing coal blast furnaces would reduce the UKs carbon emissions by 1.5%, the government said.

Unions call agreement a ‘disgrace’ and vow to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to save jobs

Despite a government-backed package of support.