No10 launches official probe into leak of Boris Johnson’s private texts to Sir James Dyson amid Tory fears of a civil service mole Leak probe launched into how PM’s private messages came to be made public Billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson offered to help with ventilators at no profit Asked for tax status of staff … Read more
Gupta’s Liberty Steel received grants even after Greensill came under investigation Money given after the Treasury launched a probe into Greensill on October 9 The Welsh Government gave Liberty’s Newport plant a £132,000 grant While the Tredegar plant was given £49,000 to save 49 jobs By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, … Read more
David Cameron has suggested he will give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the Greensill lobbying storm. A spokesman for the former prime minister said he will ‘respond positively’ to any request from MPs. He said: ‘David Cameron will respond positively to all such requests when the terms of reference of each inquiry are made … Read more
Boris Johnson today said there are questions that need to be ‘satisfied’ over the David Cameron Greensill lobbying row as he insisted an independent probe will be given ‘carte blanche’ to ask anybody anything. The Prime Minister said he wants a review led by Nigel Boardman to be ‘done quickly’, with the legal expert to … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak was under fresh scrutiny last night over the design of the Government’s pandemic loan scheme that gave access to collapsed financier Greensill Capital. Greensill, which was advised by David Cameron and run by Lex Greensill, was accredited to provide loans of up to £50million to struggling firms under a multi-billion-pound taxpayer-backed emergency … Read more
Online fashion retailer Boohoo sold the same products for different prices across a number of its fashion brands, a probe revealed. Price disparities include selling a coat for £89 at Oasis with the same product listed as £65 at Dorothy Perkins. Another product was being sold for £34 more via the Coast clothing website than … Read more
Labour demands official probe into Boris Johnson’s plan to refurbish Downing Street flat Sir Keir Starmer has entered the row over Boris Johnson’s flat refurbishment He demanded a formal probe into whether he should face criminal proceedings The Daily Mail revealed details of the lavish redecoration of the Downing Street apartment shared by the PM … Read more
A gay couple have captured disturbing footage of a team of builders screaming homophobic abuse at them in their garden. Chris Copley-Hammond and his husband John, both 49, claim the workmen began shouting slurs at them after they started on the development in May last year. But they say the builders, who are working from … Read more
Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Raheem Sterling ‘among England stars facing tax demands from HMRC worth tens of thousands of pounds following probe into FA’s image rights payments worth around £100,000-a-year to each player’ A HMRC probe into image rights payments to England stars may be launched The Sun claim the FA and lawyers on … Read more
The summer of 2012 was hailed as a triumph for British sport as a home Olympics unfolded with gold raining on London in the most successful Games for Team GB in 104 years. Of the 65 medals for the host nation, 19 of them gold, 12 gongs came from a single sport: cycling. Team GB’s … Read more