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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Jon Robinson

GMB Union calls on Kemi Badenoch to intervene in Issa brothers' proposed £12bn merger of Asda and EG Group

The GMB Union has called on the government to intervene in a planned £12bn merger of Asda and EG Group.

The organisation has written to Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch urging her to get the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the proposed deal.

It added that a merger could "threaten the UK's food supply, fuel prices and 100,000 jobs".

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