LDV bosses apply for administration
Workers have been paid up to the end of last week but the letter said the company was unable to confirm any further payments.
"As a result of this, only the senior management team will report for work until further notice and all employees are requested to leave the site after this briefing and await further information at home.
"I want to thank you for your support to date and assure you that we will continue to fight to secure the funding and valuable jobs here at LDV up until the final deadline."
LDV, which employs several hundred workers, is owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Malaysian group Weststar is believed to be the company which has been involved in negotiations to raise overseas money to save LDV from closure.
If LDV falls into administration, it will be the first vehicle manufacturer to go out of business in the current recession, although thousands of jobs have been lost in the motor industry because of plunging sales.
The vanmaker, which has its roots in the old nationalised British Leyland, has not built any vehicles since before Christmas after a slump in van sales.
See timeline of events at LDV.
