Calls are growing for Sir Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood after a blistering joint Commons select committee report branded the businessman the “unacceptable face of capitalism”.
A Cabinet Office official has confirmed to Labour MP Jim McMahon that Green’s knighthood, which he was awarded in 2006, was under consideration.
McMahon was among a group of MPs who wrote to the Honours Forfeiture Committee calling for Sir Philip to be stripped of his knighthood amid criticism of the way he sold BHS to Dominic Chappell, a former bankrupt with no retail experience.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell was also among those calling for such drastic action, saying: “If Philip Green won’t do the right thing by the members of the BHS pension fund then he should have his knighthood removed. And if he says he can’t afford it then he should sell up his extra yacht.
If Green were to lose the honour, he would join the likes of ex-RBS boss Fred ‘The Shred’ Goodwin, disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris and even Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
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During sentencing, the judge said Hall had acted with "a sense of arrogance and immunity... vile bravado and horrible betrayal", according to the BBC.
He is set to face trial again in 2017 on further indecent assault charges.
At the time, a Cabinet spokesperson said that "the failure of RBS played an important role in the financial crisis of 2008/9."
He was involved in a car crash at 90mph, which left the driver of another car with every major bone in his body broken, as well as injuries to his brain, according to the Guardian.
She was stripped of her honour after the General Teaching Council found her guilty of failing to observe minimum standards in recruiting and promoting staff for her promotion of her twin sister.
The Irish-born diplomat and human rights campaigner had tried to deliver weapons to republicans ahead of the uprising.
The word "quisling" is often now used to mean a "collaborator" or "traitor".
At the time, a Foreign Office spokesperson said: "We can no longer justify an individual who is responsible for a consistent campaign of human rights violations and the disregard for the democratic process retaining an honour."
In an excoriating joint report, MPs of two Commons select committees accused the entrepreneur of seeking to blame anyone but himself for the firm’s failure.
They claimed he now had a “moral duty” to make a “large financial contribution” to the 20,000 pensioners facing substantial cuts to their benefits.
The remaining 114 BHS stores are to close next month leaving 5,000 staff redundant, according to the Mirror.