Japanese car giant Honda is to cut 800 jobs at its UK factory after a slump in demand across Europe.
Workers at the firm's plant in Swindon, which employs 3,500, were told the grim news as they arrived this morning.
Honda, which has been making cars in the UK since 1992, has never had job losses before in this country, but it said demand for cars in Europe, including Spain, Italy and Greece, had fallen by a million in the past year.
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