Commenting on the news that Tata Steel has announced the coke ovens at its giant plant in south Wales will close on Wednesday over concerns about their ‘operational stability’, in a joint statement, regional Senedd Members for South Wales West, Tom Giffard MS and Dr Altaf Hussain MS said:
“Steelworks support from the Labour Welsh Government in Port Talbot is long overdue, they haven’t offered any financial support to Tata since 2019.
“Labour ministers have done nothing but criticise and when the time came to put some money on the table, they didn’t offer a single penny – that needs to change with today’s news.”