The assets of stricken van maker LDV are to be sold to a company owned by a former consultant of the MG Rover Phoenix Four directors.

A long-awaited report into the collapse of car giant MG Rover is expected to reveal that four bosses took more than £40m (€45.7m) in pay and pensions from the troubled firm.

The leader of one of the UK’s biggest trade unions tonight hit back at an outspoken attack against the owners of MG Rover by a senior executive of German motor giant BMW.