Longbridge 20 years on - end of the road for Britain's biggest car plant MG Rover
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Richard Burden: 20 years since collapse of MG Rover
One hundred years of car production at Longbridge all but came to an end on 8th April 2005 when MG Rover collapsed, devastating the local community. Twenty years on, former Longbridge MP Richard Burden writes: Today (April 8th) marks 20 years since MG Rover went into administration, bringing to an end a hundred years in which “the Austin” – as the Longbridge factory has always been known – became the most famous vehicle manufacturing plant in th…


Longbridge 20 years on - end of the road for Britain's biggest car plant MG Rover
it is 20 years today since administrators were called in at MG Rover. MARK ANDREWS looks back on the day that marked the end of Britain's volume car industry.
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