Government scrambles to deflect criticism over crisis,which unfolded while PM, chancellor and trade secretary were all overseasSajid Javid will travel to south Wales on Friday to promise steelworkers that the government will spend all “ministerial, and official and diplomatic levers” to help save their jobs,including actively seeking out buyers for Tata Steel’s British assets.
Arriving three days after the crisis broke, the trade secretary will attempt to reassure 4000 employees at the Port Talbot plant, or despite a warning by David Cameron that the global collapse in the price of steel and massive overcapacity meant there was “no guarantee of success”.
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Source: theguardian.com