MG Rover Inquiry
The long awaited report of the independent inquiry into the collapse of MG Rover in 2005 was published at 9AM on Friday 11 September 2009.
A copy of the report is available online here
Below you can see a selection of some of the things I have said and done in relation to Rover and Longbridge over the last 10 years.
News, articles and speeches
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Phoenix Four directors ban (20 May 2011)
Disqualification of Phoenix Four Directors - You may have seen the news last week that the Phoenix Four, the former bosses of MG Rover, have been disqualified as company directors. The independent inquiry into the collapse of MG Rover, which reported its findings in 2009, was damning for the Phoenix Four. The picture that emerged was of millions being made not from the engineering of cars but from the engineering of company finances. It is...
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Pride of Longbridge (17 April 2011)
Pride of Longbridge - Yesterday former MG Rover employees, MG Rover and Austin enthusiasts, community groups and the new MG car company all came together in Cofton Park to celebrate our pride in Longbridge. Pride of Longbridge was a wonderful day. A celebration of why the name was synonymous with the motor industry throughout the 20th Century. It was great to see Austin, MG and Rover enthusiasts swopping stories with the people who made the...
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New MG6 at Longbridge (13 April 2011)
New MG6 rolls off production line at Longbridge - Today I was in Longbridge to watch the first new MG6 roll off the production line. This is a real milestone for Longbridge and for the automotive industry in the West Midlands. Longbridge has been through dark days. Nobody around here will forget how it felt, six years ago this week, when the MG Rover plant closed its doors for the last time and over 6,000...
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Bank wrangles no excuse for delay (3 May 2010)
MG Rover Trust Fund – bank wrangles no excuse for delay Payments due to former MG Rover workers should not be delayed by contractual wrangles between Lloyds/HBOS and the Phoenix Four. The Phoenix Directors still have it in their power to end the delay and to get money into the Trust Fund for their former employees. They have already had to wait five years – and that’s five years too long. I met with Lloyds/HBOS...
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MG Rover 5 years on (8 April 2010)
5 years on: Phoenix 4 must do the right thing by former Rover workers - This week is the 5th year anniversary of the closure of MG Rover. I am calling on the Phoenix Directors to finally end the delay on the trust fund and do the right thing by their former employees. Will you join me in calling for an end to the delay? If so, please pledge your support online here. After the...
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Debate on MG Rover Inquiry (3 November 2009)
MG Rover report debated in Parliament - Earlier today I led a House of Commons debate on the results of the independent inquiry into the collapse of MG Rover. Today’s debate was the first opportunity for the House of Commons to debate the report of the inquiry since it was published on 11 September 2009 (read more here). I used the debate to raise various issues including: The contents of the report and its criticisms...
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Response to the MG Rover Inquiry (11 September 2009)
MG Rover report published - The long awaited report of the independent inquiry into the collapse of MG Rover has finally been published today. Like most other people, I have found it frustrating that we have had to wait over four years for this inquiry to be completed and astonishing that it has cost around £16m. I have always supported publication of its findings and I am relieved that today we can finally see what...
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MG Rover Inquiry published today (11 September 2009)
Response to MG Rover Inquiry I have just posted my response to the report of the independent inquiry into the collapse of MG Rover online. Read my response to the report Report published - The long awaited report of the independent inquiry into the collapse of MG Rover in 2005 was published at 9AM this morning. The report is now available online: Read Volume I of the report Read Volume II of...
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