500 pages long… the historic dossier that’s set Britain free from the EU: We’ve digested it, so you don’t have to! Historic document signed by Boris Johnson & Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday Dossier sets out the future relationship between the UK and the continent Details key components including trade, customs, financial services, fishing … Read more
Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of ‘suppressing’ evidence on economic hit from lockdown tiers amid clamour for ‘secret’ dossier to be released Sir Keir Starmer challenged Boris Johnson to release Covid economic dossier He accused PM of ‘trying to suppress the evidence of what is actually going on’ He said if PM does not publish … Read more
‘Show us the secret dossier of doom’: MPs demand to see report showing lockdown restrictions have pushed major sectors of economy to brink of collapse Detailed analysis of the damage the pandemic has done to key sectors was done Industries in the firing line include retail, hospitality, aerospace and tourism The secret dossier is known … Read more
Boris Johnson faces major revolt from MPs after dossier on tier system’s economic impact is slammed for containing no new information Ministers had hoped a 48-page report would head off Tory mutiny over the plans Critics say dossier does not shed enough light on likely impact of tiered system Sources conceded dozens of Tory MPs … Read more
The British Library has apologised to Ted Hughes’s widow and family for naming him in a dossier on slavery and colonial links. The former Poet Laureate, who came from humble origins in Yorkshire, was found to be a descendant of Nicholas Ferrar who was involved in the slave trade some 300 years before Hughes was … Read more
Jonathon Bennett is as confused as he is angry. A veteran textile importer, he works for Metropolitan Pacific, a long-established Hong Kong firm. When the clarion call sounded for personal protective equipment as the first wave of the coronavirus engulfed Britain, he stepped forward. His contacts in China, the world’s biggest manufacturer of PPE, are … Read more
A ‘doomsday dossier’ has been drawn up in case of a perfect storm of a winter second wave of coronavirus and a No Deal Brexit. The leaked official papers will heap pressure on ministers to prepare the NHS and strike a deal with the EU. Marked ‘Official Sensitive’, the plans – which account for a … Read more
The diplomatic war over Huawei took an extraordinary twist last night after a controversial dossier accused China of trying to manipulate key Establishment figures in the UK. Entitled China’s Elite Capture, the 86-page report details an alleged campaign by Beijing to persuade influential individuals to back Huawei and its strategic aims. Among a string of … Read more
Robert Jenrick rushed through approval of a Tory donor’s £1billion property deal to save him £45million, explosive messages suggested last night. The Housing Secretary was forced to hand over damning texts he exchanged with former newspaper tycoon Richard Desmond. The billionaire pleaded with him to give the project the go-ahead before a Labour-run council brought … Read more
A classified document released to the public Thursday reveals the FBI acknowledged it had only ‘limited corroboration’ of the infamous dossier which claimed Russia had ‘kompromat’ on Donald Trump when James Comey told him about its existence. The ‘golden showers’ dossier was briefed to Trump just before his inauguration and Comey treated his discussion of it … Read more