Union plans to escalate action over job losses at two steelworks in Wales

Unite move comes after Tata, which owns Port Talbot and Llanwern plants, threatened to cut redundancy pay

Union leaders are preparing to ramp up industrial action at two south Wales steelworks, in a further escalation of a row over almost 3,000 job losses that threatens to become a big general election issue.

Unite said such moves at the Port Talbot and Llanwern works are planned after the sites' Indian owner, Tata Steel, threatened to cut redundancy pay as a response to members voting for an overtime ban.