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Tata Steel 'set to cut 1,200 jobs' | Tata Steel 'set to cut 1,200 jobs' |
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Tata Steel is expected to announce 1,200 UK job cuts next week. | |
The company is expected to significantly reduce the workforce at its Scunthorpe steel plant, which employs 3,000 people and is one of the UK's biggest. | |
It is thought that Tata may also axe jobs in Scotland. | |
Tata declined to comment on reports, which were confirmed by industry sources. | |
The additional job losses come as unions call on ministers to take "concrete and positive" action to save the UK steel industry. | The additional job losses come as unions call on ministers to take "concrete and positive" action to save the UK steel industry. |
The steel sector has been hit by SSI's decision to close its blast furnace and coke ovens in Redcar. | |
Business Secretary Sajid Javid chaired a steel summit involving unions, business leaders and ministers in Rotherham on Friday that was organised following the SSI closure. | |
Unions want the government to take "urgent short-term action" to support the industry. | |
Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said the steel industry was at crisis point. | |
"Ministers need to start by keeping the coke ovens at Redcar burning and supporting the wider steel industry through these turbulent times, so that British industry can benefit from major infrastructure projects, such as HS2," he said. | |
"A failure to do so will torpedo any ambition to rebalance the economy and lay waste to communities and key industrial assets. The clock is ticking. It's time for the government to stop washing its hands of the industry and intervene to support steel." |