Ford seeks UK cost cuts as Brexit weighs on Europe outlook

London

FORD Motor Co has initiated labour talks to cut costs at a UK engine plant where more than 1,100 jobs are at risk, as the carmaker grapples with the aftermath of Brexit and slowing growth in Europe.

"Brexit is clearly a factor here," Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, Britain's biggest trade union, said about Ford's plant in Bridgend in south Wales. "The focus now has to be saving these jobs."