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    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Fresh misconduct claims hit Labour as shadow minister reported to police

      Latest allegations within UK opposition party prompt anger among female MPs

    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      Confederation of British Industry
      CBI gives information to police ‘relating to report of serious criminal offence’

      Misconduct crisis engulfing the UK’s leading business lobby group deepens

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Confederation of British Industry
      Can Britain’s business lobby rediscover its mission after misconduct scandal?

      CBI president must convince members and the government that he can change the organisation’s culture

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Confederation of British Industry
      CBI president apologises for scandal and pledges to reboot

      Brian McBride says business group needs to be ‘sharper and more focused’ after ‘devastating’ misconduct claims

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      Confederation of British Industry
      Mixed reception for new CBI head as lobby group battles misconduct claims

      Appointment of Rain Newton-Smith meets with plaudits and concerns from members and former employees

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      Confederation of British Industry
      CBI head Tony Danker sacked after misconduct claims

      Director-general fired following investigation into sexual harassment complaints at employer organisation

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      FT Magazine
      The inside story of Liz Truss’s disastrous 44 days in office

      How a historic budget came together and fell apart, told by those who were there

    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      UK housebuilding
      UK developers edge towards cladding deal with government

      Several housebuilders sign pledge to carry out fire safety work on mid-rise blocks in wake of Grenfell tragedy

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Channel Four Television Corp
      Channel 4 to be sold off by government for up to £1bn

      Ministers maintain public ownership is holding back UK broadcaster but channel expresses disappointment

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Ministers defend Johnson over Downing Street party on eve of Prince Philip’s funeral

      Officials confirm that some who attended gathering had received penalty notices in relation to event

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Coronavirus
      UK defends scrapping free Covid tests as list of symptoms expands

      Downing Street said cost was ‘unsustainable’ despite case rates reaching record high 

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      The Big Read
      Poison, planes and Putin: Abramovich’s race to save a fortune and stop the war

      Since Ukraine was invaded, the Russian oligarch has been rushing to salvage his assets while conducting back-channel peace talks

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Roman Abramovich
      Antigua confirms Roman Abramovich owns two yachts moored on island

      Caribbean nation launched investigation after FT revealed boats’ ties to sanctions-hit Russian oligarch

    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      Pollution
      Water companies leaked sewage into UK waters 370,000 times in 2021

      Campaigners reject as inadequate UK government’s proposals for a clampdown on releases of effluent

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      UK immigration
      Eight oligarchs under sanctions hold ‘golden visas’ granted by UK

      Calls grow for review of scheme to be published after revelations over penalised Russians’ use of investor route

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Jamie Wallis comes out as UK’s first trans MP

      Conservative politician praised for his ‘courage’ in speaking out over experience of gender dysphoria

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      UK Government
      Vetting advice on peerage for Lebedev to be published

      MPs force government to disclose guidance on Russian’s nomination for Lords in light of intervention by Boris Johnson

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Fresh calls for Johnson to quit as police confirm first ‘partygate’ fines

      UK prime minister under renewed pressure after Met concludes Whitehall officials breached their own Covid-19 rules

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      News in-depthUK defence spending
      Does the UK need to change its defence strategy after the Ukraine war?

      With the number of soldiers at the lowest level since the 18th century, questions are being asked about the weakness of the army

    • Monday, 21 March, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Kremlin behind hoax calls to two UK cabinet ministers, says Downing Street

      Officials fear Moscow might release doctored recordings of conversations for propaganda purposes

    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
      Person in the News
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: a political hostage in Iran finally returns home

      As the charity worker is reunited with her family, there are questions over why it took Britain so long to secure her freedom

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      UK foreign policy
      UK paid ‘blood money’ to secure release of Iran detainees

      Former US secretary of state says debt payment for cancelled tank deal smacks of ‘appeasement’

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrives back in UK after release by Iran

      British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori also freed as London pays debt related to undelivered tanks

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      LetterOne Holdings SA
      Holland & Barrett’s owner escapes sanctions despite Russian links

      Banks review credit lines with Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne, which could still affect operations

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Abramovich and other oligarchs hit with new EU and UK sanctions

      More names added to Russian asset freeze and travel ban list as US targets 11 military leaders

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