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Port Talbot management in 'steelworks takeover bid'

A potential buyout of the Port Talbot steelworks is to be led by one of its most senior staff.

Stuart Wilkie, Managing Director of Tata Strip Products UK, is heading up a buying team alongside other staff members, ITV News understands.

Meanwhile Tata Steel has announced another round of job cuts in Britain as it significantly reduces production.

The company is to cut 1,050 jobs in the UK, including 750 at its plant in Port Talbot in Wales. A further 300 jobs will go in Llanwern, Trostre, Corby and Hartlepool.

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Four generations of family working at Port Talbot comes to a close

Four generations of one family have worked at Port Talbot but now one of them has told ITV News how they must contemplate an end to the generational ties with the industry.

Graham Rowlands has told ITV News about the "low morale" at the plant after the announcement of job cuts.

Mr Rowlands has worked at Port Talbot for 37 years has told ITV News about the "low morale" at the plant after the announcement of job cuts.

Mr Rowlands - whose grandfather, his father and also his son also have worked at the plant - said it would be "very difficult" for workers but they were "still trying their best" in the midst of uncertainty over the future of their jobs.

ITV News has been given an updated breakdown of the job losses:

  • 637 jobs at Port Talbot
  • 113 jobs to be cut from Llanwern
  • 200 across UK in support functions. This could include head office staff, sales, marketing and hr jobs.
  • 100 job cuts across three mills in Trostre, Corby, Hartlepool

ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy reports:

Morale is low. It doesn't stop people trying their best... but it's been difficult for everybody.

– Graham Rowlands
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