Cuts in benefits and pensions in secret Tata plan to keep Port Talbot?
Tata are working on a secret plan that would see them keep Port Talbot but cut £200m a year through job cuts and benefits reductions.
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Tata are working on a secret plan that would see them keep Port Talbot but cut £200m a year through job cuts and benefits reductions.
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