Fears for UK hi-tech jobs mount as Pfizer closes lab in Sandwich

Pfizer's factory and lab in Sandwich, which is closing down with the loss of 2,400 jobs. Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Observer

For Vince Cable, the news could hardly have come at a worse moment. Any business minister would be depressed by the axe falling on more than 2,000 jobs, and the closure of a sleek, hi