The chair of the Commons business and trade committee has urged UK regulators “explore every option” to claw back millions in dividends paid to Wilko’s founding family.
Labour MP Liam Byrne made the call for regulatory action in the Commons yesterday after Lisa Wilkinson, former chair of Wilko and the granddaughter of its founder, was grilled by cross-party committee over Wilko’s collapse, which followed £15m in payouts to family trusts over the last nine years.
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