Video caption, Port Talbot’s Tata steel plant future a ‘major priority’ – ReynoldsArticle information
- Author, Huw Thomas
- Role, Business correspondent, BBC Wales News
- 7 July 2024, 10:15 BST
Updated 5 hours ago
The UK government’s new business secretary has said “job guarantees” will form part of the negotiations with steel giant Tata about its Port Talbot site.
Jonathan Reynolds said there was “a better deal available” on the future of the plant, but said newer technologies would employ fewer people.
Mr Reynolds said he and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had already spoken to Tata and were involved in active negotiations over the Port Talbot plant’s future.
Pressed on whether that meant he could guarantee all jobs, he responded: “Blast furnaces employ more people than some of the newer technologies available.
“So there’s a range of things you have to understand but I absolutely agree with…
