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Where next for British car manufacturing?

Honda has announced the closure of its Swindon car plant, causing the loss of 3,500 jobs.

The company has said that Brexit is not to blame – and conversely, employment figures nationwide are at a record high, so what's causing the move? Our economics editor Ben Chu went to find out what the move will mean for the British car industry.

In the studio, Kirsty Wark is joined by Faiza Shaheen, director of the think tank CLASS and economist George Magnus.

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8 minutes