Cabinet minister takes swipe at Interserve's rebel shareholders

By Will Ing2019-03-20T06:00:00

‘Greedy capitalists,’ felled the business

A government minister has branded the shareholders which voted down Interserve’s rescue plan “greedy capitalists” after the decision sent it packing into administration.

Oliver Dowden, parliamentary secretary at the Cabinet Office, threw his weight behind Interserve as he responded to an urgent question tabled by the opposition in the House of Commons on Monday night.

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