Reform UK have just been showered with £72m in donations by billionaires. What does that money buy and what will the party do with it? Peter Walker explainsOn Friday Ben Delo, a 42-year-old businessman – and convicted criminal –...
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Read MorePlans to strengthen legislation already going through parliament might mean donors having to meet stricter UK residence requirementsAndy Burnham’s government could thwart Reform’s unprecedented £72m donations with retrospective...
Read MoreKey questions surrounding the huge sums donated by crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben DeloReform UK announced over the weekend the two biggest single political donations in British history: £36m from the...
Read MoreIn an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father Roy, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, the Press...
Read MoreUK union leaders meet on Monday to discuss possible support for a domestic cap on political donationsUK politics live – latest updatesTrade unions are set to launch an intervention on Tuesday on political donations after the...
Read MoreFirm, once part of Sanjeev Gupta’s empire, fell into administration last year but has failed to find buyerBusiness news – live updatesOne of Britain’s steelworks is to come into public ownership after the government said it...
Read MoreSpecial approval needed for amount that surpassed what Chris Wormald was ‘contractually entitled to’The former head of the civil service Chris Wormald received a record payout of almost £860,000 when he was forced out of the top...
Read MoreWith her new, semi-nude advert for sports site Novig, the actor cements her reputation as the anti-woke poster girl. But is it real – or just provocation with a soft porn gaze?Bear with me here, but I’m beginning to suspect...
Read MoreWarning follows series of safety incidents, with parliamentary committee saying threats include public face-scanning and deepfakesUK politics live – latest updatesOpenAI has urged British lawmakers to capitalise on renewed fears...
Read MoreAfter an agonising experience, I avoided checkups for four years. But a practice that assured a stress-free process for scared patients was transformativeI haven’t always been afraid of the dentist. If you had asked me a decade...
Read MoreMainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political partiesFive years ago, many Muslims wondered if the prejudices they faced were set to fade away. The...
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