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Look at the Poundland scandal and see a crisis that goes beyond Britain’s high streets | Polly Toynbee
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‘I look out for my team,’ a store manager tells me, but Poundland’s US owner doesn’t care. Labour may be too late to prevent it becoming yet another casualty of venture capital In the Poundland I visit, a treasure trove of bargains, the staff are dejected.
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