Former Wilko staff urge MPs to question owners over collapse
by Sarah Butler from on (#6G3F7)
Wilkinson family reportedly took 77m in dividends in decade before retailer's closure, including 9m since 2019
Former employees of Wilko have called on MPs to hold the Wilkinson family, which owned the company, to account over the collapse of the budget retailer this year.
The GMB union, which represents thousands of former Wilko staff, has written to Liam Byrne MP, the newly elected Labour chair of parliament's business and trade select committee, to hold a special emergency session to question the family.
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