General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

When the coalition government decided to accept the Sayce report and close what was left of Remploy in 2012 (40 factories had been closed previously, the majority under a Labour government.) the responsible minister was Maria Miller. At that time Esther McVey was an ordinary MP and was yet to achieve ministerial rank.
My recollection is that most of the Remploy factories closed, a few, like Wigan, continued with Local Authority support. Three were sold to Arlington Industries, a Wythenshawe company which was American owned.Three other factories were sold as going concerns.