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A spokesman for the Department for Business ruled out any further help for the company saying it was "ready to offer support to the workers though the job centre."

Can you hear Vauxhall? This is Deripaska, Gaz, and Mandelson with his special 'people he knows' political model speaking here.

You can all rely on support from the job centre.

Nearly 6,000 UK jobs at vanmaker LDV are at risk. LDV employs 840 workers at its Birmingham factory and a further 5,000 staff are employed by suppliers and manufacturers to the business.

Workers were sent home today after LDV was forced to reapply for administration.