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Steelwork closures' ripple effect on town's wages
Owen Midwinter thought he had a "job for life" when he started a five-year apprenticeship at Tata Steel in Port Talbot. But 18 months on, that security has been replaced with uncertainty - and the 23-year-old and his girlfriend may have to delay their plans to start a family. New analysis for the BBC suggests his town could lose more than £200m in wages because of job cuts at the steelworks. Prof Calvin Jones, its author, said it was an "end of an era" for UK steelmaking, similar to the closure of coal mines in the 1980s. Mr Midwinter said of when the job losses were announced: "Everyone in the room went silent... ... (full story)