{"id":33622,"date":"2024-02-09T15:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=33622"},"modified":"2024-02-09T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:17:27","slug":"3000-jobs-at-tata-steel-cannot-be-saved-says-welsh-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/3000-jobs-at-tata-steel-cannot-be-saved-says-welsh-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"‘3,000 jobs at Tata Steel cannot be saved’ says Welsh Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In an exclusive interview with CJS News, David TC Davies, said the Welsh Government is giving “false hope” to Tata’s steelworkers<\/strong> by claiming there is a chance the job cuts can be reversed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes after the Welsh Government called for “a better deal” for the steelworkers saying there is a “viable future” for Tata, after the company announced it would be closing two of its blast furnaces in Port Talbot as part of plans to make greener steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tata Steel announced that it was closing both blast furnaces in Port Talbot in September and replacing them with an electric furnace that will melt down scrap steel, funded by a \u00a3500 million investment by the UK Government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economy Minister Vaughan Gething previously argued the job losses can be reversed<\/a> if a better deal was struck with Tata Steel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David TC Davies said “There is no other deal that\u2019s on offer unless, I suppose, Vaughan Gething went out and said, ‘I will cover your losses of \u00a31.5 million a day’. He needs to spell out exactly what his alternative vision is and what its going to cost. It is no good giving people false hope.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: “The deal reached between the UK Government and Tata risks delivers economic loss of historic proportions for Wales … we will continue to engage with the business, trades unions and UK Ministers to support the best deal for steel, not the cheapest deal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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