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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jack Simpson and Jasper Jolly

‘It was looking positive’: Vauxhall workers in shock over Luton closure

Richard Hay, Gary Reay and Vanessa Page stood before the gates of the plant as other workers leave its gates
‘I’m worried about paying the mortgage’: (left to right) Richard Hay, Gary Reay and Vanessa Page who all work at the Vauxhall plant. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

“I don’t have anything good to say about this place right now,” someone shouts, as workers flood out of the front gates of the Vauxhall van plant on Luton’s Kimpton Road.

It’s lunchtime on a crisp November day in the Bedfordshire town and the early shift has just finished at the plant, which can produce up to 100,000 vans each year.

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