A UNION warned against “decarbonisation on the cheap” amid reports that the government and Tata Steel were closing in on a deal to secure Port Talbot’s future.

The GMB said that short-term investment could result in thousands of job losses as details emerged of a new taxpayer aid package with Britain’s biggest steel producer.

Under the deal, the government will reportedly provide £500 million funding and Tata Steel £700m to modernise the Welsh plant as it transitions from blast furnaces to greener steel production.