
Mary Portas, the high street retail expert, was an advisor to David Cameron during his time in Number 10
(Picture: Supplied by Ankorstore)Mary Portas, the retail expert and former government advisor, issued a forthright verdict on the lack of leadership in Downing Street during the cost-of-living crisis, as new research revealed high street businesses see inflation as a bigger threat than Covid.
“We’ve just got a sh*t show going on now with central government,” she told the Standard.