Live updates: Mike Ashley admits Sports Direct mistakes
Live reaction to Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley's appearance before MPs.
Ashley tells MPs: 'I 100 per cent wanted to buy BHS'
Mike Ashley has confirmed to MPs he tried to buy BHS prior to it entering liquidation and had wanted to combine it with his Sports Direct stores.
"I 100 per cent wanted to buy BHS," he said despite protests from his media adviser not to answer the question at the Business Select Committee.
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Is Sports Direct just 'too big' for one man?
Allegations of bad working conditions at Sports Direct's main warehouse are appalling - but Mike Ashley appeared to have little oversight.
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Ashley admits Sports Direct broke law and made mistakes
The tycoon told MPs things had happened at the retail giant that "shouldn't happen" after conditions were likened to a "labour camp".
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Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley faces grilling from MPs
The billionaire is set to answer questions later this morning over working conditions at his Shirebrook warehouse.