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- Mike Ashley wrote to Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling his proposals populist and the warehouse tax “delusional”.
- Ashley warned that rising employment costs and business-rates policies are devastating the UK High Street.
- He urged Burnham to use the 27 October Budget to lower employer costs and reform rates.
- Burnham pledged a 20% rates cut for pubs, clubs and venues from April.
