Almost 200 jobs are under threat at GKN just a year after the engineering giant was seized by corporate raiders. The company’s new owner Melrose was last night accused of ‘a breach of faith’ after plans to close a factory in King’s Norton, Birmingham, were revealed. Workers were told the site, which makes windows and canopies for military and civilian aircraft, would be gradually shut down by 2021. Melrose insisted it was not involved in the decision to close the Birmingham factory, saying it was taken by GKN managers. But yesterday Labour’s Jack Dromey, MP for Birmingham Erdington, said there were fears British jobs would be moved to factories abroad.

Source: Daily Mail April 06, 2019 00:45 UTC