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GM on collision course with Opel unions

04.11.09

General Motors was today heading for all-out war with unions on the continent after its shock decision late last night to scrap the sale of its European Vauxhall and Opel operations ... more

Unions are livid at Tory pay freeze

08.10.09

Union leaders are furious about Tory plans to impose a pay freeze on public sector workers to help cut the UK’s Everest-style debt mountain ... more

Union bosses keep pressure on Vauxhall

01.10.09

Union leaders kept up the pressure on the new owners of car giant Vauxhall to protect jobs in the UK amid continuing fears of cuts ... more

Harriet Harman bids to rally battered Labour

01.10.09

Latest: Harriet Harman will bid to end Labour's last conference before the general election on a high, after a difficult week in Brighton... more

Gordon Brown: This is about your future, not mine

29.09.09

NEW: Gordon Brown launches impassioned election fightback, calling himself 'the guy who doesn’t take no for an answer'... more

Union bosses want talks over possible job losses

22.09.09

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Brown invites 15 union bosses to Chequers summit

10.09.09

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Mandelson makes no promises to Vauxhall staff as GM folds

01.06.09

Lord Mandelson fails to reassure up to 5,000 Vauxhall workers their jobs are safe after parent company files for bankruptcy... more

Vauxhall staff facing uncertain future as takeover talks stall

28.05.09

Thousands of job under threat at Vauxhall after meeting over the car manufacturer's future broke up without a rescue deal... more

Fiat boss ‘warns UK plants will close in Vauxhall takeover’

05.05.09

Thousands of British carmaking jobs are under severe threat as it emerged a Fiat takeover of Vauxhall could lead to the closure of either or both of its Luton and Merseyside factories... more

UK jobs under threat as Saab seeks bankruptcy protection

20.02.09

The future of car maker Saab is in doubt putting thousands of British jobs at risk... more

Mini workers hurl fruit as 850 sacked

16.02.09

Engineering: Workers at the Mini carmaking plant near Oxford pelted management with apples and oranges after 850 staff were fired... more

850 jobs to go at BMW's Mini plant

16.02.09

The car industry was dealt another hammer blow today when Mini announced 850 job losses in the face of plunging sales, prompting anger from workers and fresh calls for Government action... more

Mandelson's Ł2.3bn loan package for car industry

27.01.09

Car manufacturers were thrown a recession lifeline when Lord Mandelson announced a multi-billion-pound plan to prop up the industry... more

Tata faces $1bn bill to revive UK car brands

23.12.08

India's Tata group may have to pump in at least $1 billion to revive the premium Jaguar and Land Rover brands it bought from Ford earlier this year... more

Jobless total hits 1.82m as things get tougher for Britain

12.11.08

Unemployment hit an 11-year high of 1.82 million amid fears that the jobless total could near three million by 2010... more

BP feels backlash as profits hit Ł6.4bn in three months

28.10.08

Energy firms faced huge pressure to slash petrol and fuel bills after oil giant BP posted record profits of £6.4 billion in three months... more

Unions and the old Left bash Brown

22.09.08

Gordon Brown was battered by conference defeats at the hands of jubilant unions and the old Left this afternoon... more

Minister 'unsure' who will get winter fuel help

11.09.08

The Prime Minister's long-awaited fuel aid measures took a blow as the minister in charge admitted he did not know how many people would get help in time for this winter... more