By Nick Martin, people and politics correspondent
Labour say they would spend hundreds of millions of pounds to help secure nearly 3,000 jobs at a steelworks in south Wales.
Workers are being urged to take voluntary redundancy at the Port Talbot steel plant as owners Tata Steel plan to shut down the two remaining blast furnaces so that a new, environmentally friendly electric arc furnace can be built.
Tata, which claims to be losing £1m a day, says it is the only option to secure steelmaking in the area.
The new furnace will cost £1.25bn, with the UK government agreeing to pay £500m towards its construction.
But Labour's shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has urged the plant’s Indian owners to consider keeping one of the blast furnaces open while the new one is built, saving the 2800 jobs. This is something the unions agree with.
Asked about the cost to the taxpayer, Mr Reynolds said Labour would commit "multi-hundred million pound commitment" to save jobs.