Thursday, 28 May 2009

Vauxhall jobs at risk as talks stall

Link to the article: Channel 4 News

By John Sparks

The future of 5,000 British jobs at Vauxhall looks uncertain after tense negotiations between General Motors Europe and the German government break down. John Sparks reports.

German ministers criticised both GM and the American administration, saying the talks had become "absurd".

Here, the British government has insisted there is "no chance" that GM's Vauxhall plants will close.

But Channel 4 News has been told the firms bidding for the car making giant cannot make any firm promises.