A “LAST stand” for Britain’s steel industry was launched in Wales on Saturday as hundreds of workers, families and supporters rallied at Port Talbot, where 2,000 jobs are under threat.

Members of steel unions Community and Unite were told that the “hand of history” would be on their shoulder when they vote on strike action in defence of their jobs next month.

Tata Steel plans to replace Port Talbot’s coal-fired blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces, which represent a cleaner form of steel production.