Corus plans another 366 job cuts

Steelmaker Corus has confirmed plans to cut a further 366 jobs at its plant in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.

The proposed job losses come a week after the company announced that 2,000 jobs were to go at its UK plants, including 500 in Scunthorpe.

Corus said further cuts were needed as "significant savings" had to be made to secure the plant's future.

The Community union said the latest jobs losses added "insult to injury" for the steelworkers.

Corus announced last month it was cutting almost 2,000 more jobs at UK plants including Teesside, Scunthorpe and Rotherham.

In January it announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs.

'Urgent action'

Workers at the Scunthorpe site were told of the further jobs at risk at a briefing by management on Thursday.

Corus site director Sean Lyons said: "The business still needs to make significant savings to secure a viable future for the site so we have had to take this urgent action to align our employment costs to current and forecast demand for our products."

He said they would seek voluntary redundancies wherever possible and support packages would be available to those leaving the company.