Ministers forced to answer string of questions about Tory donors’ alleged links to corruption Pandora papers news and reaction – live updates See all of our Pandora papers coverage The Conservative party conference was on Monday engulfed in a growing scandal over Tory donors and their alleged links to corruption, […]
Month: October 2021
Leak raises questions over the ultimate source of some of Lubov Chernukhin’s donations See all of our Pandora papers coverage The star prize at last year’s Conservative party fundraising ball was a game of tennis with Boris Johnson. The party’s co-chair Ben Elliot was enlisted to play too. But when […]
Pandora papers expose how Douglas Latchford shifted ownership of assets including plundered antiquities See all of our Pandora papers coverage In an emotional ceremony in January this year, the government of Cambodia expressed heartfelt gratitude to a British-Thai woman, Julia Latchford, for what seemed a remarkably generous offer of immense […]
International reaction to offshore data leak ranges from pledges to clamp down to anger and cries of old news See all of our Pandora papers coverage The Pandora Papers’ revelations prompted an avalanche of international reaction on Monday, ranging from solemn government pledges to clamp down on tax avoidance to […]
New criminal disruption prevention orders that will restrict individuals’ movement are response to Insulate Britain blocking motorways Protesters disrupting motorways will be prevented from travelling around the country under new powers to be handed to the police, Priti Patel will announce on Tuesday. In a move that will provoke anger […]
Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people have been revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history. Branded […]
Former PM and his wife became owners of £6.5m office building by acquiring offshore company partially owned by Bahraini minister Tony and Cherie Blair saved hundreds of thousands of pounds in property taxes when acquiring a London office building from an offshore company partially owned by a prominent Bahraini minister. […]
Alleged lover and others linked to Putin have all come into extreme wealth. But is the money really theirs? In September 2003, a secret transaction took place. The location was Monaco, a tax haven associated with the international rich. Specifically, an exclusive block just beneath its lavish casino. An apartment […]
Chaudhry Moonis Elahi backed out after learning Pakistan authorities had to be informed, leak suggests A minister in Imran Khan’s Pakistan government pulled out of making planned investments through offshore tax havens after he was told his country’s tax authorities would be informed, documents in the Pandora papers suggest. Chaudhry […]
Paige Kimberley claims she wrote to Priti Patel and Cressida Dick about messages, but they did not respond A retired Metropolitan police detective has accused both Priti Patel and Cressida Dick of ignoring evidence of “vulgar and sexist” WhatsApp group messages involving police contractors and police officers. Former Det Supt […]