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A worker outside Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, September 15, 2023
‘Ah the irony:’ Aamer Anwar says he doubts Reform has handed over the names of the far-right thugs who went on the rampage in Glasgow last weekend to the Police
STEEL giant Tata's plea of poverty over plans to sack 2,800 steelworkers in Wales were exposed as a sham by Unite today.
Union analysis of the firm’s finances showed it made a profit of £3 billion last year and pocketed a £500 million taxpayer handout.
Unite said that Tata is awash with money and had paid out £1.4bn in shareholder dividends in the last five years, while also holding reserves of £1.6bn.
Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
