Vaughan Gething said the company should not go ahead with the ‘irreversible choice’ of closing its blast furnaces now.
Vaughan Gething has called for Tata Steel to hold off on plans to close blast furnaces in Port Talbot
“I spoke to Keir Starmer before I came out, and the person who is the likely next prime minister made clear that he sees a manifesto offer that we’ll need more steel, not less. The company has previously rejected a plan put forward by unions to keep one furnace running while the electric one is built, saying this would have incurred at least £1.6 billion of additional costs.The First Minister said: “If they’re going to go ahead with their £1.25 billion investment, then we need to see them making practical progress in the near future.
He said: “I want the company and trade unions back in the same room negotiating to make progress on this. I think it’s premature to talk about action actually taking place. Andrew RT Davies criticised the First Minister’s ‘globetrotting to divert from his domestic problems’ He said: “While the UK Government has put over half a billion pounds on the table to save steel jobs in Port Talbot, the only cash the Labour Welsh Government has spent is on this trip to India.
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