Vauxhall owner to close Luton plant

The proprietor of Vauxhall has announced it volition adjacent its van making mill successful Luton, putting astir 1,100 jobs astatine risk.

Stellantis, which besides owns brands including Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat, said it would consolidate its electrical van accumulation astatine its different UK works successful Ellesmere Port.

The determination comes aft the institution warned successful June it whitethorn halt UK accumulation unless the authorities did much to boost request for electrical vehicles.

There are increasing concerns among car manufacturers that rules designed to velocity up the modulation to electrical are excessively harsh.