Job losses are a way of life in Warton, home to BAE Systems

Residents of the village of Warton reflect on the worries brought on by BAE’s announcement of large job losses, but say ‘it’s always been like that’

The rumours of job losses had been circulating for weeks. In the church and the chip shops of Warton in Lancashire, home to BAE Systems’ 72-hectare (180-acre) production site, locals knew that the final Typhoons were due to roll off the production line next September – meaning uncertainty for the friends and relatives who work there.

The village has grown weary of news about job losses down the years: it is part and parcel of having Lancashire’s biggest private sector employer on your doorstep. Still, few expected as many as 750 jobs to be put at risk when the announcement finally came on Tuesday morning. The impact, locals fear, will be immediate.

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