Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds blamed the previous government for the 1,100 jobs at risk.
The closure of Vauxhall’s Luton plant is a “downpayment” for further job losses in future, shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith has said.
Mr Reynolds also announced that the Government is “fast-tracking” a consultation on ending the sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. “Under the last government, we acknowledged that the previous vehicle mandate was too stringent. We took the decision to push this back, recognising the impact that it would have on industry.”“The simple truth was that it was too late, after 14 years of failure, to be able to put this right. So I just have to say to him, with all politeness, he is out of touch with industry, he is out of touch with workers, he’s even out of touch with what the previous Conservative government did.
“We want to do everything we can, together with industry, to secure further investment into the British automotive sector now and over the long term.”
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