Ford has announced that diesel engines for a new generation of its Transit Custom van will be built at its factory in Dagenham ... its 7,500 workers across the United Kingdom".

The site of Dagenham's original Ford Factory is set to be turned into a 3,500-home village. Shops, offices and a school are set to be built on the 45-acre (18-hectare) site of the former car ...

In 1968, the Ford auto factory in Dagenham was one of the largest single private employers in the United Kingdom. In addition to the thousands of male employees, there are also 187 underpaid women ...