The owner of Vauxhall and Citroen has said plans to shut its Luton van-making factory and create an all-electric plant come amid “stringent” UK Government zero-emission targets.
Stellantis announced plans to shut the Luton factory next April, putting more than 1,100 jobs at risk.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said it was a “very difficult day for Luton” following the announcement.
Talk’s Jeremy Kyle is joined by founder of Fair Fuel UK, Howard Cox, who says you could “see this closure coming”.
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A sign of what as come lol. Of this country is the highest energy bills in the world and going up again in January. Why don't you talk about the utter scandal of it. Can't point any fingers at parties as it's one scandalous band wagon/ the mess of UK politicians and UK politics.
More companies will close because of labour policy increase employer NI and labour are now going after unemployed to get a job which there are now going to be much less of so how do they expect people to get a job when they are blatantly destroying small business in particular makes no sense at all
How many EV heavy goods vehicles or EV tractors are there in use .None . When all the refineries
are closed, where will the diesel come from to keep them running and at what price .
WE VOTED FOR BREXIT. SO WHY IS THE EU STILL TELLING US WHAT TO DO?
Stop whining. We are a communist/ Muslim country so endure the next 5 years 😂😂😂😂😂
All going to plan to Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab and the gang. Dismantling our way of life bit by bit 👍
Our next pm.
1100 jobs plus all the support jobs and the further social disintegration of Luton.
😂😂😂 take that Putin 😂😂😂
What do you expect from a labour government look back to other labour governments
It's not just the big companies , the smaller ones supply materials to the big ones , so there will be a large knock on effect.
DEFUND THE GOVERNMENT, STOP PAYING TAX
I'm Welsh and voting Reform
Brilliant discussion
Excellent Analysis Howie Sir
Thank you Sir
I agree!!
I love your work, and I always love listening to you Jez
Thank you gentlemen
well said!!!
Love Talk TV
No farmers, no food, simple!
why dont they use the wind coming from this goverment
Electric vans are a pile of excrement… they're yours for life as you cant sell them even if you want to.
It was a Tory policy under Rishi Sunak I’m not Labour supporter but I don’t believe everything I read in the papers do your research people
How long before Jaguar goes the same way?
Boilers, cars, let us choose. Very few families are going to choose an expensive to run car, most of us want high mpg cars. We like efficiency. Suvs and electric cars are the problem. Sadly fiesta, ka, 500 and panda are being cut out. But oh yes a 2 ton electric suv is great, 200 mile range. Leave us alone!
Labours growth plan, grow GDP is purely based on increasing“G” element (C+I+G + X-M). G = GOVERNMENT SPENDING! Nobody is investing in the U.K. Net exports will fall. Consumption is also pretty piss poor. God I despise the Torries and Labour!
It's a monumental cluster kuf pure and simple.
Is this the growth they were talking about? LIEBour are a joke, more will follow.
Rush to transition all you want, I'm buying another ICE shortly. Stick your EVs where the sun don't shine! 2035 ban will be the death of Great Britain's economy! We're a tiny island, with tiny emissions – about 1% of global total. Our leaders are lunatics, in my opinion!
You mean the legislation the Tories were committed to?
unfortunately the idiots in charge the Tories dreamt up this nonsense 16% of sales are electric…live in a terrace house no chance to charge …drive 200 miles its 80p a kw…can the grid or infrastructure cope with 80% electric…er no i despair about the quality of these politicians….to there credit labour inherited the mess from Johnson and Badenoch….
Have you seen the prices of EVs of which no one wants.
All by design.
It's just a load of cobbler's.👏
Politicians are obsessed with net zero that’s because it not there businesses and it’s not there money
The beginning of the end more to come 😢
only time ill buy electric is a mobility scooter
Thats what happends when you vote labour,, jo better be carefull, i might get arrested…
I blame Thick Labour Government, Should step in and Stop, it closing, but but, "No" Labour just want help the Rats coming from France
People are sleeping their way into the great reset.
I wonder how many of these factory workers voted Labour Bet there glad now
These politicians who are governed by the WEF, EU are totally mad. They are on the path of destroying our way of life. Australia is on the same path. Wake Up everyone. Nick Melbourne Australia
Sorry can’t watch this bottom feeder.
So Jonathan Reynolds now says that Vauxhall closing Luton is the Conservative's fault.
Christ!! Student politics reign.
How is this anything to do with Labour you wizened old walloper?! The electric car policies that caused this were set under successive Tory governments! 😂
When you revenge vote, you have to be careful what you wish for. Labour were voted into power with 34% vote, because it was any party but Conservatives we will vote for. Now we see a bunch of incompetence with their hands on the wheels of power.
Another Brexit benefit, for the EU!!!
The Tories made all the policy decisions about this years ago.
Considering government rules stopped motor manufacturers producing ICE. if EV's fail will the government pay the motor manufacturers compensation?