House sales surge after stamp duty extension: Property market soared last month following Rishi Sunak’s decision to extend the tax break Chancellor’s stamp duty holiday was due to end on March 31 but will end in June The extension meant last month house sales saw the biggest surge since August Tax holiday means buyers pay … Read more
David Cameron ‘lobbied ANOTHER Tory Treasury minister for loans’ to rescue collapsed finance firm Greensill David Cameron ‘contacted financial secretary to the Treasury Jesse Norman’ Did so while trying to get access to chancellor Rishi Sunak, it has been claimed Norman known to the PM, serving as Downing Street policy advisor from 2013 By Henry … Read more
MPs are demanding an investigation after it emerged leading High Street banks are refusing mortage applications for furloughed workers. The claims directly go against promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak that people using the governement support scheme would not be blacklisted by lenders. High Street banks including NatWest, Nationwide and Lloyds admit they reject mortgage and … Read more
Britain’s Covid bounceback: Manufacturing sector grows at fastest rate for a DECADE after Rishi Sunak says he is ‘confident’ about recovery Closely-watched PMI for manufacturing came in at 10-year high of 58.9 in March Anything above 50 in the index represents an expansion in economic activity Rishi Sunak insisted last night he is ‘confident’ the … Read more
A dishier Rishi – and handsomer Hancock! 5ft 6in Sunak is played a by 6ft star in new TV drama… and didn’t we see the Health Secretary in Broadchurch? By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:12 BST, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 12:58 BST, 28 March 2021 He’s a politician known … Read more
A tycoon at the centre of a lobbying scandal engulfing David Cameron boasted that the former Prime Minister set up a meeting between him and Barack Obama that paved the way for the magnate’s finance firm to strike deals across the world. Lex Greensill claimed Mr Cameron brokered an introduction to the then US President while … Read more
David Cameron CLEARED by lobbying watchdog over ‘texts to Rishi Sunak asking for millions in Covid loans’ for Greensill Capital before it collapsed into administration Ex-Tory leader faced a probe over text messages he was reported to have sent His activities were investigated by registrar of consultant lobbyists Post set up in legislation passed by … Read more
Rishi Sunak warns workers could ‘vote with their feet’ and quit jobs if they are not allowed to return to the office after lockdown as he praises ‘culture’ of people ‘riffing off each other’ Companies are looking at how to tackle issue of remote versus office working Chancellor said workplaces encourage ‘meetings that happen by … Read more
Watchdog launches formal investigation into claims David Cameron breached ‘anti-sleaze’ laws his own government introduced by ‘lobbying the Treasury to get stricken financial firm Greensill access to Covid loan schemes’ Former prime minister alleged to have lobbied Treasury on behalf of Greensill Said to have been part of efforts to increase firm’s access to Covid … Read more
How David Cameron ducked signing list of lobbyists: Former Prime Minister comes under more heat as it emerges he avoided declaring his lobbying activities Emerged former Tory PM David Cameron dodged declaring lobbying activities Demands for inquiry over texts Cameron sent to Chancellor Rishi Sunak last year Revealed today he is not on any of … Read more