SFO to investigate Rover collapse
Updated on 06 July 2009
The Serious Fraud Office is to launch an investigation into the collapse of car maker MG Rover.
More than 6,000 jobs were lost when the company went under in 2005.
The move follows a four-year Government probe into what went wrong at the Midlands carmaker between 2000 - when it was acquired by Phoenix Venture - and the administrators being brought in five years later.
The four executives who were in charge of MG Rover at the time have been quoted as saying there was "no suggestion of improper conduct".
The Government's initial investigation was launched straight after Rover's collapse, but it has taken far longer than expected and has cost the taxpayer £16 million.
The report was finally submitted around three weeks ago amid calls for the findings to be made public.
However, it is understood the decision to call in the SFO could mean the report's publication is withheld.
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