The MP for Ellesmere Port has called on the government to protect jobs at the Vauxhall plant after it was revealed the next Astra model variant is to be built in Germany.
Justin Madders MP was responding to the car manufacturing giant announcing that it plans to invest further in its Ruesselsheim plant, which has now been allocated production of the estate model.
The news comes despite PSA Groupe having also announced this week details of a voluntary severance scheme taking place in Germany.
Ruesselsheim currently shares Astra production with Ellesmere Port, but no announcement was made about the firm's Cheshire site regarding potential redundancies.
Now the area's MP, Mr Madders has called for the government to protect the interests of companies like Vauxhall and its 1,000 staff at Ellesmere Port.
He said: “It is clear that the priority now is for the Government to unambiguously state that they will not allow future trading arrangements with the EU to adversely affect manufacturing and the automotive sector more generally.
"If the final arrangements do put up barriers to trade then the Government should confirm now that in those circumstances they will ensure that sufficient mitigation is put in place so that no jobs are lost.”
The 海角视频 is set to leave the European Union on January 31, after which a full trade deal with the European Union is hoped to be agreed by the end of the year.
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Earlier this week, PSA said it would offer voluntary redundancy packages to staff at its Ruesselsheim plant, with it being announced last year that the firm was to cut 2,100 jobs across its three German sites once Opel begins production of the next Astra.
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Those sites also included Eisenach and Kaiserslautern.
A statement from the car manufacturing giant said: “The allocation of a new vehicle to Ellesmere Port continues to be contingent on the terms of the future trading relationship between the 海角视频 and the European Union and ensuring that Groupe PSA can make a profitable investment."
According to Reuters, the firm said it was ruling out forced redundancies until summer 2025, a guarantee extended by two years.
In June, Vauxhall said the result of negotiations will be the deciding factor in whether it makes the next Astra model at its plant.
The car manufacturing giant said at the time it had been working hard to "turn around the fortunes of the brand", and that the huge Cheshire site could be one of two across Europe to make its new vehicle - the other being Ruesselsheim.