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. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Business chiefs accuse ministers of being ‘missing in action’ amid growing backlash against government Ministers have been told that petrol queues in some parts of the country have become worse and army help will not relieve the problem, amid a growing business backlash over the government’s handling of the shortages […]
Top MPs warn No 10 over plans for equality as Conservative conference gets under way in Manchester A group of senior Conservative MPs has broken ranks to openly question how Boris Johnson can deliver on his promise to increase prosperity in poorer parts of the UK while at the same […]
Family of Jorja Halliday from Portsmouth say medics did ‘everything they could to save her’ A 15-year-old girl who tested positive for Covid-19 has died on the day she was due to have her vaccine, her family said. Jorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, died at the Queen Alexandra hospital on Tuesday, […]
Fake arrest fears following the murder of Sarah Everard to be allayed through live contact with police control room Lone police officers in Scotland will offer a verification check to the public from Saturday to provide reassurance that they are genuine officers, following widespread concern after the murder of Sarah […]
Crowds parade through cities as polling shows president’s ratings sinking to new depths Tens of thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities to demand Jair Bolsonaro’s impeachment, as a poll showed the Brazilian president’s ratings had plumbed new depths. Huge crowds paraded through downtown Rio […]
Threat of Christmas being ruined by driver shortages forces ministers to expand range and duration of visas Boris Johnson’s government has made a dramatic U-turn in an attempt to save Christmas – with a raft of extended emergency visas to help abate labour shortages that have led to empty shelves […]
Calls by Sajid Javid for far-reaching review described as ‘slap in the face’ by health service bosses The Conservatives have ordered a shake-up of NHS leadership in England on the eve of their party conference, with Sajid Javid saying that with more funding must come “change for the better”. The […]