Mirror Group pension scandal

Title

Mirror Group pension scandal

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Dec 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:23

Description

George Matheson interviews Conservative MP Rupert Allason (also known as author Nigel West) about the scandal surrounding the collapsed media empire of late publisher Robert Maxwell. It’s estimated over £400million has disappeared from Mirror Group Newspapers’ pension fund and Allason is claiming the Department of Trade and Industry earlier this year began an investigation into allegations of fraud and market manipulation at Maxwell Communications Corporation.

Contributors

Nigel West; Rupert Allason; George Matheson

Keywords

Newspapers; Daily Mirror; Fraud; Crime; Pensions; Mass media; Publishers; Robert Maxwell; Business people; Occupational pensions; Newspaper publishing; Maxwell Communications Corporation; Mirror Group Newspapers

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