
The US carmaker General Motors (GM) has said it will start paying back its government loans earlier than expected.It will make its first payment of $1.2bn (£717m) to the US government in December.GM had not been required to begin repaying the loan until 2015. The news came as it reported a loss of $1.2bn from 10 July, when it emerged from bankruptcy, to 30 September.GM chief Fritz Henderson said "we could very well find ourselves repaying the loan in June of next year".
