Boots boss quits 'to spend more time with family'

Announcement comes two months after newspaper claims pharmacy giant was 'milking the NHS'

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Boots has announced that the boss of its UK operations has stepped down, less than two months after a report in The Guardian alleged the company was "milking the NHS" for £30m each year.

Simon Roberts has left to "pursue new opportunities" after 13 years with the business, the past three as president of Boots in the UK, US parent group Walgreens Boots Alliance, formed in a 2014 merger, said.

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