Daily Mirror

Apprentice Brady won’t her job as Sir Sleazy boss

- BY GRAHAM HISCOTT Head of Business graham.hiscott@mirror.co.uk @Grahamhisc­ott

BARONESS Brady is refusing to quit as chairman of shamed Sir Philip Green’s business empire despite condemning other rich men accused of similar wrongdoing.

The defiant star of TV’s The Apprentice declared: “Why should I?”

It came as MPs called on police to investigat­e claims Green had subjected former employees to racist language and sexual harassment.

Independen­t MP Frank

Field said Prime Minister Theresa May should refer

Green to a Commons committee with the power to strip him of

BOSS Brady and Green THESE clever chimpanzee­s use a branch to escape an enclosure at Belfast Zoo.

The stormy weather weakened trees inside the holding pen and that allowed the primates to turn a limb into a ladder. A worried child said: “Don’t escape, bad little gorilla.”

One chimp took a stroll on Saturday while others hung out on the walls.

Zookeeper Alyn Cairns said: “They know they’re not supposed to be out of their enclosure, so got back in themselves.”

his knighthood. Lady Brady is chairman of Taveta Investment­s, the Green family firm that controls Arcadia and its chains Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Burton and Dorothy Perkins.

Lady Brady has in the past used a newspaper column to criticise powerful men accused of sexual misconduct.

Green, whose reputation nosedived after the collapse of BHS in 2016, has denied the allegation­s.

Labour MP Jess Phillips said: “Nothing will change if we vilify others and protect our mates.”

Lady Brady told Sky News: “I’ve always been an outspoken defender of women’s rights.”

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