LONDON, May 30 - Union leaders on Saturday urged the government to do more to safeguard British jobs after Germany announced a deal to save the European arm of stricken US car giant, General Motors.

After six hours of talks on Friday, Germany reached a deal with Canadian auto parts group Magna and its Russian banking partner Sberbank to take over most of GM Europe, which includes German-based Opel and British-based Vauxhall brands.