Secret British Virgin Islands firm behind West Indies cricket team documentary raises questions for Ben Elliot and party Pandora papers news and reaction – live updates See all of our Pandora papers coverage Ben Elliot, the Conservative party’s embattled co-chair, jointly owned a secret offshore film financing company that indirectly […]
Year: 2021
Party questions why almost one in 10 Conservative MPs have taken money from firms linked to Viktor Fedotov See all of our Pandora papers coverage Labour has written to the Tory co-chair Oliver Dowden raising concerns about donations to 34 Tory MPs by the companies backed by a Russian-born oil […]
Boris Johnson has laughed off questions about Conservative donors being named in the Pandora papers. The prime minister said he would ‘have a look’ at the allegations – and then made a dig at Tony Blair Tories facing calls to return cash from donors named in Pandora papers Tony and […]
Prime minister will tell Tory conference that despite the supply chain crisis a bright future lies ahead Boris Johnson will brush off petrol queues and empty shelves as evidence of a “change of direction” towards a high-wage economy on Wednesday, as he closes a Conservative conference at which supply shortages […]
Speakers address crowds at peaceful demonstration held in Eastbourne, where suspect was arrested About 200 people gathered on Tuesday evening for a vigil in memory of the schoolteacher Sabina Nessa, who was killed three weeks ago. The vigil was held in Eastbourne, where the man suspected of her killing was […]
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, […]
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 […]