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Port Talbot management 'in steelworks takeover bid'

There are reports of a potential management buyout of the steelworks in Port Talbot. It's understood Stuart Wilkie, Managing Director of Tata Strip Products UK, is heading up a buying team alongside other staff members.

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Kirsty Williams calls for big decisions from UK Government

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Kirsty Williams has called for the UK Government to be 'brave' and make the big decisions to protect the long term future of the Welsh steel industry.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats leader has added her voice to the calls for the steel industry to be nationalised.

Wales’ steel industry is of national strategic importance and something we have to protect for the long term. We need a UK Government that is brave enough to make the big decisions. So far, it has been unwilling to do so.

Many of our communities strongly rely on this industry. We must stand up for them, learn lessons from the past, and take strong action now.

People are fed up of hearing just warm words from both Governments over the future of our steel industry. What steel workers and their families need is action. The Liberal Democrats believe the UK Government must be prepared to temporarily renationalise at least part of the plant in order to make sure that it can be passed as a going concern to a new investor and prevent a gap in operation

– Kirsty Williams, Welsh Liberal Democrats leader
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