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Usdaw Conference: BHS workers’ jobs ‘stolen by Green’
Conference delegates vent fury at company’s former owner

RETAIL tycoon Sir Philip Green was accused of ripping off thousands of British Home Stores (BHS) workers yesterday when he sold the company for £1 after leaving it billions of pounds in the red.

Members of shopworkers’ union Usdaw laid into the BHS former owner during their annual conference in Blackpool this week.

Their angry attacks came shortly before MPs called on Mr Green to appear before a cross-party committee to face questions over his possible involvement in the retail chain’s collapse.

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