Boris Johnson has laughed off questions about Conservative donors being named in the Pandora papers. The prime minister said he would ‘have a look’ at the allegations – and then made a dig at Tony BlairTories facing calls to return cash from donors nam…
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The Guardian view on tax havens: bring them to heel | Editorial
The Pandora papers prove that secrecy jurisdictions and their super-rich clients are still running rings around the rest of usFive years after the Panama papers exposed the vast scale of offshore banking and business services via the activities of the …
BBC staffed by people ‘whose mum and dad worked there’, says Nadine Dorries
Culture secretary attacks ‘nepotism’ and ‘groupthink’ at broadcaster in interview at Tory conferenceAll the latest from the Tory conference – liveNadine Dorries has labelled the BBC an institution riven by bias and staffed by people “whose mum and dad …
The Conservative conference shows a party in denial while all around is crisis | Polly Toynbee
The Tories call it a ‘period of adjustment’. But the shortages, price hikes, and this week’s universal credit cut, will force them to face realityThe Tory party conference seems to be floating along in a sea of delusion. Outside their cocooned security…
Tories facing calls to return cash from donors named in Pandora papers
Ministers forced to answer string of questions about Tory donors’ alleged links to corruptionPandora papers news and reaction – live updatesSee all of our Pandora papers coverageThe Conservative party conference was on Monday engulfed in a growing scan…
Tory conference roundup: Gove gets down, Sunak gets up
The levelling up secretary relives his big night out, while the chancellor plays it safe“Here we are – bright lights, great atmosphere, enthusiastic young people. It reminds me of my last night out on the town Aberdeen. Dance like nobody’s watching the…
We cannot stand by as the Tories quietly erase all checks on power | Letters
Readers respond to Jonathan Freedland’s article on how Boris Johnson is rigging the system and trampling over democratic normsJonathan Freedland has probably written his most important opinion piece (In plain sight, Boris Johnson is rigging the system …
Revealed: top female Tory donor’s vast offshore empire with husband
Leak raises questions over the ultimate source of some of Lubov Chernukhin’s donationsSee all of our Pandora papers coverageThe star prize at last year’s Conservative party fundraising ball was a game of tennis with Boris Johnson. The party’s co-chair …
Petrofac fined £70m over bribes to secure Middle East contracts
Firm led by Tory donor admitted failing to prevent corruption by executives between 2011 and 2017A multinational firm that was headed by a Tory party donor has been fined £70m after admitting it used “systemic” bribery to secure large contracts.The fin…