Sunak tries to delay Brexit rules in bid to save thousands of UK car industry jobs

Rishi Sunak government rasies issue with Brussels – as ministers warned of ‘existential threat to UK car industry’

Rishi Sunak’s government is understood to be lobbying the EU to delay a change in manufacturing rules in the Brexit trade deal after Vauxhall’s parent company warned it could shut its UK factories.

Stellantis said it will be unable to keep a commitment to make electric vehicles in the UK without changes to Boris Johnson’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).

Business secretary Kemi Badenoch has raised the issue with her Brussels counterpart, and held a pre-arranged meeting with Stellantis chiefs on Wednesday.