Tesco defends £635m dividend payout after coronavirus tax break

Labour peer Andrew Adonis urges retailer to repay £585m government support packageCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTesco has defended its decision to pay a £635m dividend while accepting a similar-sized tax break from the government’s emergency coronavirus support package.The Labour peer Andrew Adonis tweeted that it was “absolutely wrong” for Tesco to accept the business rates holiday worth £585m and said the retailer should &