Former Wilko staff urge MPs to question owners over collapse

Wilkinson family reportedly took £77m in dividends in decade before retailer’s closure, including £9m since 2019Business live – latest updatesUK politics live – latest updatesFormer 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 parl