As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales
Larry Elliott: With the closure of Port Talbot, UK must step up investment in green jobs
Alun Davies looks across to the plumes of steam that rise from Port Talbot’s last blast furnace, soon to be extinguished.
The mood in the rainswept south Wales steel town is “heartbreaking”, says Davies, the national officer for the steelworkers’ union Community and a former steelworker of nine years.
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