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Summary

  • MPs on the Commons Business Select Committee are investigating the collapse of high street homewares chain Wilko

  • Lisa Wilkinson, Wilko's ex-chair and granddaughter of its founder, is being questioned by the committee

  • Wilko's former chief executive, Mark Jackson, will also be asked about what attempts were made to save the retailer and whether crucial advice was ignored

  • The firm collapsed in August leaving 12,000 workers facing redundancy

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  1. MPs seek answers over Wilko's demise

    A Wilko storeEPA

    Lisa Wilkinson, Wilko's former chair and granddaughter of the founder, is being questioned by MPs about its collapse.

    MPs on the Business and Trade Select Committee will want to ask Wilkinson about the family's decision to take millions of pounds worth of dividends out of Wilko.

    She and Wilko's former chief executive, Mark Jackson, are also likely to be asked about what attempts were made to save the retailer and whether crucial advice was ignored.

    Wilko collapsed in August leaving 12,000 workers facing redundancy.

    You can watch the committee by clicking play in the picture above.