What will happen to Hants Ford factory?
VIDEO: Southampton City Council have spent the day talking to government ministers about the future of the Southampton Ford plant, which is closing with the loss of 500 jobs. Phil Hornby reports.
Unions to fight Ford closure
Unions say they'll fight Ford over it's plans to close its factory in Southampton.
Cable 'unaware' that Ford was closing
The Business Secretary Vince Cable says he was unaware that Southampton's Ford plant was going to close. It's emerged £10 million of taxpayers' cash was approved for the company just days before. More than 500 jobs will go when Ford's Swaythling plant shuts next July
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Unions meet to discuss Ford closure
Union members at Ford's factory in Southampton will meet today to discuss possible action over the closure of the plant.
500 workers will lose their jobs when the plant closes next year. The company says it needs to restructure its production because of poor sales in Europe.
Union members to meet over Ford closure
Union members at the Ford factory in Southampton will meet tomorrow to discuss possible action over the closure of the plant.
Five hundred workers will lose their jobs when the plant closes next year. The company says it needs to restructure its production because of poor sales in Europe.
Southampton reeling after Ford announcement
The leader of Southampton City Council will meet the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, on Monday after it was announced 500 workers at the Ford factory will lose their jobs next summer.
It's the latest in a line of cuts from major employers in the city. In the last eight years, more than three thousand 400 people have lost their jobs from these big name companies. Including Vosper Thornycroft, British American Tobacco and British Gas.
It's a bleak picture - as our correspondent Rachel Hepworth reports
Unions: "We will fight Ford"
Unions say they'll fight Ford over its plans to close its factory in Southampton.
The company confirmed yesterday it was shutting the plant. Five hundred people work at the site.
Ford says they'll be offered positions at other locations.
Southampton City Council is due to hold an emergency meeting today to discuss the job losses.