Commenting, Welsh Liberal Democrat Westminster Spokesperson David Chadwick MP said:
“Ensuring the electric arc furnace is completed on time is absolutely essential to safeguard as many skilled jobs as possible.
“However, the people of Port Talbot won’t easily forget, or forgive, the Government’s failure to step in and protect local jobs, as they did in Scunthorpe. That disparity has rightly been seen as a betrayal of our industrial communities.”
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