The Latest Breaking News from Port Talbot

Exclusive: Welsh secretary to announce £80m funding to help 2,800 Tata steelworkers and local economy

It follows recent cuts at the Tata site in Port Talbot, Wales.

Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens said the Tories owe the people of Port Talbot an apology for ‘failing to deliver a single penny’.

In today’s newsletter: The end of coal, steel plants facing closure – how the UK is trying to build a post-fossil fuel economy

Demise of steelworks in Welsh town taking heavy toll, with job losses and higher rates of mental illness

As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales

Closure to make way for greener electric arc furnace deals heavy blow to local people and ends ability to make ‘virgin steel’

At first glance, a £500 million government investment into a critical industry looks like a move designed to inspire confidence. But the large sum will provide little comfort to the 2,500 people expected to lose their jobs as Tata Steel close the UK’s last blast furnace at Port Talbot in…

Labour has revised a deal drawn up by Conservative government but failed to prevent the thousands of job losses

Privatisation, a lack of industrial strategy and cheap imports have all but buried domestic steel output but there is hope for the future

We would like to hear about the impact of the job cuts on workers and their families, as well as the local community and businesses