MPs’ expenses watchdog investigates claims against minister Paul Maynard is accused of using his taxpayer-funded constituency office for Tory campaigning The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
Badenoch v Staunton: a public mudslinging over the Post Office A look at the origins of the confrontation between the business secretary and the former Post Office chair, and what is at stake The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
Kemi Badenoch accuses Post Office chair she sacked of seeking revenge Business minister criticises Henry Staunton after he claimed the government wanted to stall payouts to scandal victims The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024
Maisie Williams Got Real About Why 'Game of Thrones' Made Her Feel "Lost" "It's hard to even put myself back there and talk about how tough it was." Marie Claire · Feb 19, 2024
Minister says government working on sanction options for those involved in Alexei Navalny’s death – as it happened Leo Docherty, Foreign Office minister, says government ‘working at pace’ to hold those responsible for Russian opposition leader’s death to account The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024
Ministers deny claims government wanted to stall Post Office Horizon scandal payouts Former Post Office chair claimed request was made so government could ‘limp into’ the next election The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024
Is American Fiction true to life? Yes, and our publishing industry has a big problem with Black writers too In the Oscar-nominated satire, a Black author is appalled when his ‘ghetto’ spoof is a bestseller - but British writers tell us that in publishing, if they don’t want to write about trauma, they struggle to be heard Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2024
What Prince Harry’s short meeting with his dad King Charles tells us about the current state of their relationship (and it doesn't necessarily spell doom and gloom) The Duke of Sussex flew more than 5,000 miles, from LA to London to see his father King Charles following his cancer diagnosis GoodToKnow · Feb 7, 2024
Are international students taking over UK universities? No – in fact, they’re propping them up Their critics are right about one thing: universities are reliant on overseas money. But that need is generated by cuts, says academic Jonathan Portes The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024
DfE to investigate claims of bad practice in recruitment of international students Move follows reports overseas students face lower entry requirements, a claim universities reject The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024
Joseph Sinclair: Celebrity photographer who worked with Dua Lipa and Paul Mescal dies aged 49 Sinclair had worked with the greats of stage and screen, with his work featured in Vogue, Sunday Times and Vanity Fair Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2024
‘You can’t climb a building with a tripod’: John Bulmer’s images of the Cambridge night climbers The great British photographer is celebrated for his 1960s photos of the industrial north of England. Less well known are these early images of the secret night climbers at Cambridge University The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024
Headteacher of school behind prayer ban says legal case ‘taking a massive toll’ Ms Birbalsingh told The Sunday Times the school will ‘definitely appeal if we lose’ Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2024
Theresa May’s government ‘pushed for Paula Vennells CBE despite concerns over Post Office scandal’ The former Post Office CEO, who gave up the honour this week following public outcry over the scandal, was nominated for the prestigious award by the Department for Business The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Jan 7, 2024 Calls for Tory minister to lose whip for 'spending taxpayer money on party campaigns' THE Prime Minister is facing calls to suspend the whip from a minister while claims he used his taxpayer-funded constituency office to campaign for…
Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2024 Dominic Cummings wasn't offered job in meetings with Rishi Sunak, says No10 The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said a ‘private political discussion’ had taken place, but no job offer was made
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2023 Tory MPs share horror over Sunak’s ‘secret election talks’ with Cummings ‘Never bring an arsonist into your home,’ Conservative MPs warn their leader
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2023 Michelle Mone: Crime agency ‘looking into £3m sent to peer’s bank account’ Investigators are said to be examining a sum of money that was moved into the entrepreneur’s Coutts account
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2023 One-third chance of general election in May, Tory chair reveals Richard Holden says PM could still call election earlier than expected despite dire Tory polling
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2023 Rishi Sunak beating Keir Starmer in just four constituencies, poll reveals Labour leader is preferred PM in 390 seats – even beating Sunak in his own Richmond constituency
The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2023 The death of a beloved father illustrates the savage cost of war in Gaza: ‘The ambulance couldn’t come’ Mohammed Dawwas, a highly skilled journalist and fixer, worked for The Independent and with Kim Sengupta for years. He is one of 15 members of the extended Dawwas family to have been killed in 12 weeks, with the health of one of Mohammed’s daughters also deteriorating alarmingly. His family believe…
The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2023 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK vows to fight the Tories in every seat at next year’s general election The party, which contested the 2019 general election as the Brexit Party, has given ‘cast-iron guarantees’ to top figures that it will not do a deal with the Tories
The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2023 Michelle Mone claims she has been treated like Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar over PPE scandal Baroness Mone said it has been ‘an extremely tough year of pain with frozen accounts’ and asked ‘what happened to innocent until proven guilty?’
The National (Scotland) · Dec 17, 2023 Michelle Mone admits she lied and stands to benefit from PPE contract Michelle Mone has said she stands to benefit from a contract between the Government and PPE firm Medpro in her first major broadcast interview since…
Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2023 Baroness Mone admits she stands to benefit from PPE contract She told the BBC she is a beneficiary of her husband Doug Barrowman’s financial trusts, which hold around £60m of profit from the Covid-19 deal.