Make UK said the plans are likely to lead to exacerbate cuts to jobs and production that were already in the pipeline.
Manufacturers in Britain have struggled of late, with closely-watched S&P Global business surveys showing they suffered a more a severe downturn in December than other Group of Seven nation peers. “Ongoing supply chain disruption, access to labour and high transport costs which show no sign of abating can be added to a growing sense of economic and political uncertainty in their main markets.”