Vauxhall plant needs new model to build to save hundreds of jobs, Unite says

The leader of the country's biggest trade union will meet the head of Vauxhall's parent company on Monday to seek reassurances over the future of the car giant's Ellesmere Port plant.

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will tell PSA Peugeot Citroen boss Carlos Tavares that Ellesmere Port has to be given a new model to build to save hundreds of jobs.

The company said earlier this month that another 250 jobs could go at Vauxhall on top of 400 job losses announced last year.

In a comment piece for the Liverpool Echo ahead of the meeting in Paris, Mr McCluskey said he did not think the latest job cuts spelled the end for the plant, but stressed it needed a new model to build to make sure its future is safe.

He wrote: