good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under £2 billion. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many more jobs rely on the plants. the business secretary, greg clark, says he s cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it s a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know they are dedicated. i know they are committed. and i trust that they will be in a very good position
brig disaster, relatives, survivors and rescuers return to pay their respects zeebrugge. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and opel in germany forjust under £2 billion. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many more jobs rely on the plants. the business secretary, greg clark, says he s cautiously optimistic about their future. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it s a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know they are
welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company which owns peugeot and citroen has agreed to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under 2 billion pounds. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many morejobs rely on those plants. the business secretary greg clark, says he s cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. speak in the commons earlier, more clarification was asked for. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it s a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know th
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