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Enterprise chief Tuppen attacks Government and campaigners over statutory code

Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has labelled the Government’s consultation into the statutory code for pub companies “a disgrace” and accused MPs and ministers of “deliberate distortion of the meaning of evidence” over the issue.

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