Austin Rover - Breakthrough or Breakdown?
Labour rescued it by nationalisation. The
Conservatives cannot wait to privatise it. What is the truth about Austin Rover's future? On the eve of the Budget, Fred Emery assesses the options facing J. Graham Day, the Rover Chairman appointed by Mrs Thatcher to bring this key sector of British manufacturing industry to the market place. His new plan for the car firm looks to a profitable future in the private sector. The Opposition accuses the Government of concealing, ahead of the General
Election, the plans for real impact on jobs in the West
Midlands and on the future of British manufacturing. Producer PETER BELL
Editor DAVID DICKINSON