More than 150,000 UK steel jobs have been lost since the 1980s, according to a new study. In 1981 the industry employed 186,000 workers but the total has now slumped to around 32,000, said the GMB union. The report was published ahead of more talks aimed at securing the future of British Steel amid continued speculation that the company could go into administration. GMB national officer Ross Murdoch said: “The decline of the UK’s steel industry is devastating to see. “Ministers must be prepared to make use of all the options – including nationalisation – in order to save British Steel and the wider steel industry.

Source: Irish Examiner May 22, 2019 07:10 UTC