Carmaker Stellantis has just announced that Vauxhall will close its Luton plant in April. 1,100 jobs gone there…
Quite the announcement on the day the government launches its “Get Britain Working” jobs plan – which is just a review as opposed to reform. Off to a net negative start then…
Stellantis says it will consolidate electric vehicle production at its other plant in Ellesmere Port as it blames rules which say EVs must make up 22% of a carmaker’s sales, and 10% of van sales this year. Every sale outside of the mandate gets a £15,000 fine…
A government spokesman says: “We have a longstanding partnership with Stellantis and we will continue to work closely with them, as well as trade unions and local partners on the next steps of their proposals. The government is also backing the wider industry with over £300m to drive uptake of zero-emission vehicles and £2bn to support the transition of domestic manufacturing.“ Labour under serious pressure to change its strict EV rules…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”