commerce secretary accused of ‘incompetence and laziness’ after admission Tata news caught him off guardSajid Javid has faced calls to stand down as the commerce secretary whether a buyer is not found for the Port Talbot steelworks after admitting he was caught unaware by Tatas planned withdrawal from the UK.
The cabinet minister said on Sunday he had not realised Tata’s board in Mumbai would make such a decisive announcement. The timing of the decision,which came while Javid was on a trade trip in Australia, exposed the government to accusations it had failed to acknowledge the scale of the crisis. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com