Determined former Visteon workers were celebrating yesterday after they won their five-year fight for pension cash stolen from them when the car parts firm went bust.

Parent firm Ford motors offered a multimillion-pound settlement to avoid being hauled through the courts.

Around 1,200 people who worked at Visteon plants in Basildon, Essex, Enfield, Belfast and Swansea could be set to finally claim they cash they’ve saved for retirement over decades.