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Ex-Tata workers 'frustrated' by Scunthorpe takeover

Oscar Edwards
BBC News
BBC Scott, wearing a green hoody and looking at someone off camera. He has short blonde hair and is standing to the left of an electric board with wires and tubes coming off it. White cabinets can be seen in the background. BBC
Scott started working at Tata Steel in Port Talbot aged 16 after leaving school

Former workers at Tata Steel have said they are "frustrated" over the UK government's decision to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks.

MPs rushed emergency legislation through UK Parliament on Saturday to allow officials to take control of the plant run by Chinese-owned British Steel and prevent its two blast furnaces from shutting down.

Welsh politicians have questioned why the government failed to do the same for Tata Steel in Port Talbot, while the Welsh Conservatives requested a Senedd recall during Easter recess to discuss the situation.

UK ministers said the two steelworks were in different situations, and that Port Talbot was in a better position because of the Labour government.

Scott Havard Morris, 26, from Clydach in Swansea, worked as an electrician at the steelworks for 10 years.

He said it was "a bit disappointing" to feel like more was being done to help workers in Scunthorpe.

"I hope it all works out up there and all of those people aren't in the same position as us, looking for jobs," he said.

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