MPs are calling on Astrazeneca to pay former staff £12 million in redundancy after the collapse of the Avlon manufacturing site just over two years after it had been sold for £1 by the FTSE 100 pharmaceuticals company.
They include Frank Field, chairman of the Commons’ work and pensions select committee, who yesterday said that Astrazeneca should “cough up” and compared the situation with the failure of BHS after it was sold for £1 by Sir Philip Green.
