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UK PM Andy Burnham's reindustrialisation plans face test in Labour's Welsh heartlands
Al Jazeera English
October 20, 2026
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Port Talbot, home to the UK's largest steelworks, exemplifies Labour's struggle to reconnect with working-class voters in South Wales. The town lost 2,000 jobs in 2024 after Tata Steel shut down coal-fired blast furnaces, with replacement electric furnaces now delayed until 2028
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