Workers leave the Honda factory in Swindon yesterday with 3,500 jobs at risk at the plant and another 12,500 in danger in the supply chainA lorry with a car carrier trailer leaves the Honda car plant in Swindon on Monday. The North Swindon MP said: 'Honda's decision to close its Swindon plant by 2022 is 'based on global trends and not Brexit'. The Swindon Honda plant produces around 160,000 Civics, 90 per cent of which are exported to Europe and the US. #Honda'The Honda plant in Swindon, Wiltshire is pictured in a file photo from 1998Workers are pictured here inside the Honda manufacturing plant in Swindon, WiltshireLocal people reacted to the speculation today - included one worker who said he only found out on the news. A spokesman for Honda was not immediately available to comment on the closure of the Swindon plant.

Source: Daily Mail February 19, 2019 01:30 UTC