{"id":18211,"date":"2019-06-10T16:03:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=18211"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:56:26","slug":"car-production-plummets-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=18211","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing ’emergency’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite warned that the UK is in the grip of a manufacturing emergency after the latest economic figures showed manufacturing had shrunk 3.9 per cent with motor vehicle production plunging by a record 24 per cent.<\/p>\n

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Calling for a no-deal Brexit to be taken off the table in the wake of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (June 10) figures showing the UK economy contracted by 0.4 per cent, Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing Steve Turner said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are in the grip of a manufacturing emergency. Whole sectors, including automotive and firms such as British Steel are fighting to secure their futures.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThose Tory leadership hopefuls pushing a no-deal Brexit as some sort of test of virility to secure the keys to Number 10 should look at these dire economic figures and be in no doubt of the damage a cliff edge Brexit will do to the car industry and UK manufacturing,” he added.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe car industry is being crippled by Brexit uncertainty with investment plummeting. At the same it is facing global challenges from tariff wars and a collapse in market confidence, it is dealing with the unprecedented shift away from diesel and petrol powered engines,” he went on to say.<\/p>\n

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Turner pointed to the half a million jobs in manufacturing that have gone in the last decade under the Tories,\u00c2\u00a0while in recent weeks the announced closures of Ford Bridgend and Honda Swindon are now, he said, “hanging over the households of car workers and their colleagues in the supply chain.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMillions of livelihoods and the future of manufacturing communities across the UK are hanging in the balance,” he noted. “The game of playing roulette with people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lives needs to end. A no-deal Brexit needs to be taken off the table and a deal secured which ensures an on-going customs arrangement and tariff free, frictionless trade secured.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe government must also start walking the walk when it comes to its industrial strategy,” he added. “It needs to use government procurement to support UK Plc while investing billions, not millions, like other nations do into research, development and production which supports the transition to electric and alternatively powered vehicles.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMinisters must also ensure the UK has local supply chains, manufacturing capabilities and charging infrastructure for the next generation of electrically powered vehicles.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnything less will see the\u00c2\u00a0jewel\u00c2\u00a0in the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manufacturing crown tarnished and our world beating car industry flung permanently into reverse while the hard work of highly skilled manufacturing workers is betrayed.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unite warned that the UK is in the grip of a manufacturing emergency after the latest economic figures showed manufacturing had shrunk 3.9 per cent with motor vehicle production plunging by a record 24 per cent.   Calling for a no-deal Brexit to be taken off the table in the wake of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (June 10) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"Latest figures show car production plummeted by a record 24 per cent","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25220,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18211\/revisions\/25220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}