Is Brexit really to blame for UK car production slump?

Output falls by 45% as industry calls on the Government to rule out no-deal

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(Image credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Car production in Britain slumped by almost a half in April following a series of factory closures brought on in anticipation of Brexit.

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