Stellantis last week placed more than 1,000 jobs at risk after announcing plans to close its manufacturing facility in Luton.

Stellantis's stock, tumbled 6.3% to its lowest level in more than two years after boss Carlos Tavares (pictured), dramatically resigned on Sunday.

Stellantis noted on Sunday that the process to appoint a new, permanent chief executive was 'well under way', but also signalled Mr Tavares’s departure followed a clash in the boardroom