The long-term future of Mini production in Britain has been secured, with BMW set to announce an investment of hundreds of millions of pounds in its factory at Cowley in Oxford.
The announcement, expected this morning, is likely to give the green light to the assembly of zero-emission battery electric Minis into the next decade. It is understood that the new investment has attracted tens of millions of pounds of UK taxpayer support. It will secure the future of thousands of workers at the factory and its component facilities at Hams Hall, near Coventry, and Swindon.
Before the announcement, Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, said: “BMW’s investment is another shining example of how the UK is the best place to build cars of the future.”
