VAUXHALL’S “brand” and “committed workforce” are highly valued, Business Secretary Greg Clark was told during crunch talks in Paris over the future of thousands of British jobs.

Mr Clark travelled to France for meetings with his French counterpart and board members of PSA Group, which manufactures Peugot and Citroen, over its mooted takeover of General Motors’s loss-making European operation.

The deal would include GM marque Vauxhall, which has plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton employing around 3,500 staff.
Mr Clark insisted the talks had been “constructive.”