Richard Burden, the Labour MP for Birmingham Northfield whose constituency covers Longbridge, called on BMW to look seriously at the Phoenix bid, but warned: "It is a very dramatic development, but we have seen throughout this saga that one thing has been said and then another thing has been done," he said.Īngela Browning, the Tory trade and industry spokeswoman, blamed Mr Byers personally for failing to get involved at an earlier stage. Giganews provides all support and member service through email and live chat. "Our efforts over the next few weeks will be directed towards achieving a successful outcome which will serve the interests of the workers at Longbridge and the wider community in the West Midlands," it said. In a statement, the DTI said that BMW's announcement provided a new opportunity for a viable future for Longbridge, which might provide more jobs than under the Alchemy deal.
BMW must pull out all the stops to save the plant." Sir Ken Jackson, general secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, said: "We now have a month to save Longbridge. Union leaders argued that Longbridge had been given a lifeline - although there was now just a month left to save the 50,000 jobs in the West Midlands that are thought to be dependent on the plant. Ohio’s Rover Pipeline project faces continuing problems, with more spills of drilling mud, ongoing questions about diesel fuel contamination, and orders issued last week by both the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.