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£9m Government package to support Scunthorpe steel workers

A support package of up to £9m has been announced by the Government and Tata Steel to provide support to Scunthorpe steel workers and the local economy.

It comes after Tata Steel confirmed it will cut almost 1,200 jobs at its plants in Scunthorpe and Scotland.

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Tata cuts signal end of major steel production in Scotland

The closure of the world renowned Ravenscraig steelworks in Motherwell 20 years ago devastated the industry and triggered decades of decline.

In the mid-1970s, the Scottish steel industry employed 30,000 workers. By the 1990s less than 10% still had work and by 2014, just over a thousand were left.

Today, the last men making steel in Scotland were told their jobs will go, their only hope is that a buyer keen to keep steel making alive in the country can be found, Debi Edward reports.

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