i am in port talbot, there has been — results. i am in port talbot, there has been a — results. town _ steelworks, the steelworks in the town where 2000 jobs are set to go. we have _ town where 2000 jobs are set to go. we have been talking to pupils about the impact _ we have been talking to pupils about the impact that has had over the past few— the impact that has had over the past few months, obviously, lots of pupils— past few months, obviously, lots of pupils here — past few months, obviously, lots of pupils here have links with the steelworks, members of the family affected~ _ steelworks, members of the family affected. that has caused uncertainty during the exam period. interesting — uncertainty during the exam period. interesting to hear the head teacher here saying that usually five to eight _ here saying that usually five to eight people from this a—level group would _ eight people from this a—level group would usually go on to do an apprenticeship at the steelworks, officer. _ apprenticeship at the steelworks, officer, with the job losses here which _ officer, with th

and this port talbot with tata.ro means the previous government committed about 500 million to tata to replace the blast furnaces that make the strongest steel with electric arc furnaces. and they're going to have to give about a similar sort of 500 million or so to british steel in the north east. but here's the real danger, martin, which is that the blast furnaces, both of them will be closed by the late autumn, and yet they're not going to begin construction, as i understand of the new electric arc furnaces until this time. next year. my real concern is that they never build the electric arc furnaces. they may or may not bank some or all of the 500 million. but i mean, steel is a strategically important national industry and we cannot run the risk of these furnaces being shut without a guarantee that they are not going to be rebuilt. i mean, frankly, if there had been no net zero, there would have been no need for these electric arc furnaces. i think we are seriously exposed and we could be heading towards total

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nearly 2000 jobs are going to be lost if port talbot goes ahead with its plans to go green.financial plans for rachel reeves and keir starmer are very, very tight indeed. they don't want to raise taxes and so that relationship might look great on the surface today. but i think there's tensions bubbling under the surface. >> okay, olivia, thanks very much indeed. well, speaking of taxes, we have £30,000 of tax free cash available to give away in the great british giveaway. >> yeah, it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. so have a think. what would you do with all of that extra cash? here's how you can be in with a chance to win it. >> we could be calling you with the news that you've won our latest great british giveaway. an incredible £30,000 in tax free cash. >> hi, i'm john from sunny north yorkshire and i've just won £20,000 in the gb news great british giveaway. it didn't cost much to enter, but of course if you're not in you can't win . and you're not in you can't win. and here i am, having won £20,000 and that's tax free. so i'm rather pleased i did it for anoth

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well, minimal growth in lots of people, particularly people in port talbot, will be thinking or believeee it. >> but yeah, you've got your time and now's your chance to shine another another issue. i mean, you talk about overreliance on on putin, which is of course, deeply, deeply worrying. we are in a globally very, very unstable world. we need a proper army for that sort of world. we need a proper navy . of world. we need a proper navy. rishi sunak promised over the election campaign that he would raise spending to 2.5% of gdp, pretty much every senior army and navy official who i've spoken to thinks it should be even higher than that. keir starmer won't commit to 2.5%. why is that? and do you think he's right? >> well, firstly, i come from a military background. i know before going into serious organised crime and counter—terror work and we do need to raise that funding for the military. and keir starmer has actually been really clear that the ambition is to get to 2.5, be really clear that the ambition is to get to 2.5%. >> he hasn't put a time on that. >> he hasn't put a time on th

all you have to look at is what happened at port talbot and the fact that keir starmer did not turn upthemselves were saying, we will, we can roll out slower and we can keep jobsif roll out slower and we can keep jobs if we just, you know, slow it down a little bit. but you have to accept that if you want a for world your children and your grandchildren to be able to live in net zero, net zero is necessary. and actually we're going to even have more economic migration under , you know, migration under, you know, migrants coming to this country because their lands are full of water. >> but for the last 22 years that we've been installing renewables , 17 of those renewables, 17 of those electricity prices have gone up. it doesn't work. it's not zero. it's a way to control people with greedy energy companies . with greedy energy companies. >> labour's got the power to put to put a cap on. >> it'sjust to put a cap on. >> it's just a way to tax people. i'm a conservative. i believe that people should choose how to heat their homes and how to what cars to drive. >> so adam, the problem is ri

longer than the nhs waiting list in england, and of course, the closure of two major furnaces at port talbot00 jobs at risk. and last week the prime minister announced that there would be some money to help mitigate those job losses. but it is still a big problem for wales. they really want some cash. westminster is not keen to give them that cash. keir starmer and rachel reeves has a running a very, very tight ship financially because they really , financially because they really, really don't want to raise taxes. so i think this visit is mainly going to be about sort of trying to show that that relationship has been reset and trying to keep the welsh the new welsh first minister, happy under the guise of this conversation about energy, keir starmer pushing forward his great british energy proposal that £8.3 billion fund that's set to last for the next five years. it'll be interesting to see how this visit goes down in wales, and also quite interesting to see how this visit goes down in scotland, because in scotland, anna sinwar, the leader of scottish laboun sinwar, the leader of scottish

. >> well, let's cross to port talbot now and speak to gb news political correspondent olivia utley,ind this deal ? this deal? >> well, essentially , last year, >> well, essentially, last year, last september, tata steel announced that it would be closing its two major furnaces and replacing it with one electric furnace. now that put 2000 jobs at risk. tata steel said it was necessary for them to meet the government's net zero targets. and actually the tata steel plant here is responsible for an astonishing 2% of all of the uk's carbon emissions . so in order to meet emissions. so in order to meet the net zero target that the prime minister set out the previous prime minister set out tata steel, had to potentially risk 2000 jobs. now obviously that did not go down well in this town . this town is this town. this town is completely dominated by the steelworks, and pretty much every single person here is affected in some way. the previous government, the conservative government, announced a £100 million package of support for both workers affected by the change and the companies which

we've got a location called the dramatic heart of wales in, in neath port talbot.gs like mountain biking or cycling and even forest park going to the margam country park, right just off the m4 and the really accessible coastline at aberavon seafront, which is great for multi—generational visits, which are very much driving that staycation trend as well. >> yeah, well , staycation trend as well. >> yeah, well, i think it's quite nice to know. katie, really good to see you. thank you very much indeed. i don't think we explore our own country well enough. >> no, i was just looking at the cotswolds, actually. >> i would like to go have a night there. >> we had a night in the cotswolds a few years ago, and it was lovely. little tiny village of really old coach house. >> yeah, that sounds great. that's exactly what i want to do. it's like really went horse riding. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so you'd like to do all the outdoorsy stuff? i'm fine with the pub, cocktail bar or cocktail bar, but anyway, we could go to the same location and just do different things. >> yeah, it's re