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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 to announce 1,200 UK job cuts next week. | Tata Steel is to announce 1,200 UK job cuts next week. |
| The firm 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. | The firm 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. |
| Tata may also cut jobs in Scotland, at Clydebridge in Cambuslang and Dalzell in Motherwell. | Tata may also cut jobs in Scotland, at Clydebridge in Cambuslang and Dalzell in Motherwell. |
| The company declined to confirm the job cuts, but said it had been facing challenges in the UK such as a surge in steel imports, and the strong pound. | The company declined to confirm the job cuts, but said it had been facing challenges in the UK such as a surge in steel imports, and the strong pound. |
| A spokesman said: "We've made a number of structural changes to our UK business over the last months and years to make us more competitive. Like all companies we continue to review the performance of our business." | A spokesman said: "We've made a number of structural changes to our UK business over the last months and years to make us more competitive. Like all companies we continue to review the performance of our business." |
| Tata employs about 17,000 people in the UK. | |
| It is the second blow to the UK steel industry this week and follows SSI's decision to close its blast furnace and coke ovens in Redcar. | It is the second blow to the UK steel industry this week and follows SSI's decision to close its blast furnace and coke ovens in Redcar. |
| Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community union, said it would seek talks with Tata Steel to discuss ways that jobs could be saved. | Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community union, said it would seek talks with Tata Steel to discuss ways that jobs could be saved. |
| "This is yet another blow to our steel communities and demonstrates the precarious state of the UK steel industry and emphasises the need for government action," he said. | "This is yet another blow to our steel communities and demonstrates the precarious state of the UK steel industry and emphasises the need for government action," he said. |
| John Cridland, CBI director-general, described the job losses as devastating and called on the government to work with businesses on a long-term industrial strategy. | John Cridland, CBI director-general, described the job losses as devastating and called on the government to work with businesses on a long-term industrial strategy. |
| Unions have called on ministers to take urgent action to save the UK steel industry. | Unions have called on ministers to take urgent action to save the UK steel industry. |
| 'Crisis point' | 'Crisis point' |
| Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said the steel industry was at crisis point. | 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. | "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." | "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." |
| 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. | 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. |
| Mr Javid said that the steel industry globally was facing one of the most difficult times in its history. | Mr Javid said that the steel industry globally was facing one of the most difficult times in its history. |
| "There is no magic bullet and we can't change the price of steel, but we can forensically work through all of the challenges we know the industry is facing to see what solutions there might be," he said. | "There is no magic bullet and we can't change the price of steel, but we can forensically work through all of the challenges we know the industry is facing to see what solutions there might be," he said. |
| "We will also continue to do everything we can to support workers and to continue building a strong economy across the country." | "We will also continue to do everything we can to support workers and to continue building a strong economy across the country." |
| Gareth Stace, director of UK Steel, said time was of the essence to save the industry. | Gareth Stace, director of UK Steel, said time was of the essence to save the industry. |
| "There is very little time before we start to see more job losses and companies facing intolerable pressure," he said. | "There is very little time before we start to see more job losses and companies facing intolerable pressure," he said. |
| "We are cautiously optimistic that the urgent recommendations we have made - from compensation to cut the cost of energy to tackling unfair dumping of steel by China - are all now at the top of the Secretary of State's to-do list." | "We are cautiously optimistic that the urgent recommendations we have made - from compensation to cut the cost of energy to tackling unfair dumping of steel by China - are all now at the top of the Secretary of State's to-do list." |
| Sale talks | Sale talks |
| Tata had been in talks for more than a year about selling the Scunthorpe plant to the Geneva-based Klesch Group until they collapsed in June. | Tata had been in talks for more than a year about selling the Scunthorpe plant to the Geneva-based Klesch Group until they collapsed in June. |
| Its chief, Gary Klesch, told the Financial Times that he abandoned the deal because the UK government had taken no steps to stop Chinese companies dumping cheap steel on the UK market. | Its chief, Gary Klesch, told the Financial Times that he abandoned the deal because the UK government had taken no steps to stop Chinese companies dumping cheap steel on the UK market. |
| "No one seems to care ... If it was important to [the government] to ensure those jobs were saved they would figure it out." | "No one seems to care ... If it was important to [the government] to ensure those jobs were saved they would figure it out." |