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Three of the last remaining Remploy factories are to close, including one in Blackburn, threatening 160 disabled workers with redundancy, the company has announced.

Remploy said no viable bids had been made for its furniture business, so sites in Blackburn, Neath and Sheffield will close.

The TUC have issued a statement following Remploy's announcement about the imminent closure of the factories in Blackburn, Neath and Sheffield.

Three of the last remaining Remploy factories are to close, including one in Blackburn, threatening 160 disabled workers with redundancy, the company has announced.

Remploy said no viable bids had been made for its furniture business, so sites in Blackburn, Neath and Sheffield will close.

All 196 employees, including the 160 disabled workers, are at risk of compulsory redundancy, although they will be invited to consultation meetings over the next 30 days.

The company added that a potentially viable bid had been made for its automotive factories in Birmingham, Coventry and Derby.

Detailed negotiations will now be held to complete a transaction as soon as possible.

Disabled workers at a factory in Birkenhead are protesting against plans to cut their jobs.

Seven Remploy factories in the North West are earmarked for closure.

The Birkenhead site is due to close on Thursday.

Our reporter Tim Scott talks to Brian Davies, a worker on strike at the Remploy factory in Pemberton, near Wigan. The government has announced plans to close 7 Remploy factories in the North West.

Disabled workers are staging the first of two 24-hour strikes in protest at plans to close their factories.

Seven factories in the North West are earmarked for closure with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

Disabled workers from the North West are heading to parliament to lobby against the closure of seven Remploy factories in the region. It'll mean hundreds of job losses but the government says it can't afford to continue subsidising them.

Brian Davies has worked for Remploy for 33 years. Desperate to highlight the closure of seven sites in the North West he tried to chain himself to the Department of Work and Pensions building in Sheffield during a protest.

A disabled man from Wigan has tried to chain himself to the Department of Work and Pensions building in Sheffield. Brian Davis says he wants raise public awareness as Remploy prepare to close seven factories in the region.