Thinktank urges tough conditions on any taxpayer-funded bailouts of struggling firms
Britain’s biggest companies handed out almost half a trillion pounds in dividends and share buybacks in the years before the coronavirus crisis struck, according to a report warning that the scale of the payouts has undermined their resilience.
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