Philip Green defiant – but selling BHS was ‘worst mistake’

Tophshop and Miss Selfridge tycoon ‘sad’ he is not credited for pensions

Sir Philip Green
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Sir Philip Green has broken his silence on the BHS affair, saying he is “sad” that he does not get more credit for paying £363m into the insolvent chain’s pensions pot and insisting the collapse was not his fault.

Asked by the Mail on Sunday if any of the BHS scandal was his fault, Green said: “No. Zero. Nothing.”

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