Mike Ashley calls govt ‘delusional’ and asks PM to help turn around Harvey Nichols
27-08-2026 18:36 via retailgazette.co.uk

Mike Ashley calls govt ‘delusional’ and asks PM to help turn around Harvey Nichols

Mike Ashley has written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling for the government to focus on what he describes as the underlying pressures facing retailers.
In a letter dated 27 August, the Frasers Group founder criticised the government’s recent cost-of-living proposals, arguing that they amount to “quick fixes” rather than addressing the wider economic challenges facing businesses and consumers.
“Rather than address the real underlying issues of how the country’s
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