Unite the union has announced plans to escalate industrial action at steelworks in Port Talbot and Llanwern in South Wales, The Guardian reported (3 June).

The disclosure of enhanced redundancy payouts has plummeted by 51%, the legal firm Nockolds has revealed.

The amounts paid out by the government for unpaid wages and redundancy pay has surged to £250 million in the past year as company insolvencies hit their highest level in two decades.