Llanelli MP Nia Griffith Supports Plans for Clean Energy Jobs Boom in Wales
Dame Nia Griffith, MP for Llanelli has today supported plans for a clean energy jobs boom in Wales, which is set to create 15,000 new jobs by 2030. Labour’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan shows how demand for clean energy workers…
Extended shutdown of Tata Steel sites brings ‘catastrophic’ pay cuts to Steelworkers
Steelworkers are facing “catastrophic” pay cuts of more than a third over Christmas due to an extended shutdown at three Tata Steel sites in Wales, the Senedd has heard. David Rees, who chairs the Senedd’s cross-party group on steel, warned…
Trostre’s Tinplate Works saved by Welsh Gov deal with US
LLANELLI’S huge tinplate works’ future has been protected by the Government’s trade deal with the United States, the town’s MP declared today. Some 650 workers at Tata’s Trostre plant are breathing sighs of relief after Labour’s successful bid to remove hard-hitting…
First Minister for Wales under fire for ‘betrayal’ of steel workers
Wales’ First Minister came under fire over the Labour UK Government’s decision to step in to save Scunthorpe steelworks after failing to do the same in Port Talbot. Eluned Morgan stressed the two steelworks were in different situations after…
Tata Steel UK supports WWT Llanelli with the refurbishment of the popular ‘Heron’s Wing’ footbridge
Tata Steel in Trostre, where the company manufactures steel for tin cans is supporting WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) Llanelli by contributing funding to the restoration of the ‘Heron’s Wing’ footbridge, having maintained a longstanding relationship with the wetlands charity…
Labour calls for job support and training guarantee for steelworkers
Labour has called for a job support and training guarantee to cover workers who could be made redundant from Port Talbot steelworks in a matter of weeks. With the first blast furnace planned to shut at the end of June,…
Tata Steel agree two-year sponsorship for Llanelli Half Marathon
TATA Steel have agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with race organisers of the Llanelli Half Marathon, which will be held on 25 February 2024. As one the largest single employers in Carmarthenshire, Tata Steel has been making steel for packaging…
Westminster ne’er-do-wells must take the blame
Today Sunday (Sep 17) the new default 20mph comes into force. It means that on many roads previously set at 30mph the limit will now be 20mph unless otherwise indicated. I travelled from Cynwyl Elfed to Llanelli today and was…
Vaughan Gething yn amlinellu’r camau gymerwyd gan Llywodraeth Cymru ynglyn a Tata Steel
MAE Vaughan Gething AS, Gweinidog yr Economi wedi diweddaru aelodau’r Senedd ynglyn a’r sefyllfa sy’n bodoni am TATA Steel. Mewn datganiad ysgrifenedig dywedodd: “Bydd yr aelodau wedi rhannu’r ymdeimlad dwfn o bryder wrth glywed y newyddion yr wythnos diwethaf ynglŷn…
Vaughan Gething expresses concerns over Tata Steel
VAUGHAN Gething MS, Minister for Economy has updated Senedd members on the actions taken by the Welsh Government in relation to various news stories concerning Tata Steel. He said: “Members will have shared the deep sense of concern at the…