Labor has urged Tata to wait until after the July 4 general election to hold talks with the steel giant if he wins.
Tata Steel has warned that Labour’s plans for Port Talbot jeopardize the long-term future of its steel production.
Labor has urged Tata to wait until after the July 4 general election to hold talks with the steel giant if he wins.
But yesterday Tata said it was imperative that whoever wins stick to the plan he had already agreed with the Government.
The Indian-owned company will close two blast furnaces at a steelworks in south Wales this autumn.
It will replace them with greener electric arc furnaces, with £500 million of taxpayer support and 2,800 jobs lost.
Tata said she was “concerned” that Labor figures are urging her to leave an oven on.
He added that “further political uncertainty over the timing and form of the subsidy” will put “the long-term future of steel production at Port Talbot” at risk.
