Hundreds of jobs at risk at AstraZeneca in Macclesfield

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AstraZeneca building in Macclesfield Credit: Press Association

More than 1500 jobs will be lost in the North West as pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca makes cuts.

AstraZeneca is to cut 700 jobs in the UK over the next three years and around 1,600 jobs will be relocated from Alderley Park in Cheshire, with most going to Cambridge.

The company, which employs 6,700 workers in the UK at eight sites, said it is opening a new research and development centre in Cambridge.

The firm stressed its long-term commitment to the UK, but the announcement was attacked by trade unions, which complained that high-quality jobs were being lost from the North West.