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5,000 jobs go at Rover

Administrators to MG Rover have revealed that more than 5,000 redundancies will have to occur at the carmaker’s Longbridge plant. The announcement follows the conformation that this week’s attempts to re-open discussions with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) about a possible takeover have failed. Letters have gone out to those who will lose their… Read more »

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Howard attacks ‘humiliating’ pensions system

Michael Howard has today attacked the current pension system, claiming that the older generation had been humiliated and “airbrushed out of Blair’s Britain”. Mr Howard promised that a future Conservative government would restore their dignity by scrapping means testing for pension benefits. Labour though claim that means testing has allowed them to help the poorest… Read more »