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Greensill Capital
Lex Greensill sues UK government over ‘misuse of private information’
...The Australian businessman’s company Greensill Capital, which counted former UK prime minister David Cameron as an adviser, collapsed in 2021 after failing to renew its insurance cover....
March 5, 2024
Labour Party UK
Labour explored retroactive tax on private school fees
...“The number of parents who can afford to use fees in advance schemes is very small and any political focus on this niche issue is a clear attempt to exploit stereotypes about independent schools,” said David...
January 5, 2024
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
Reform party UK
Reform UK’s unusual structure with Nigel Farage in the middle
...GB News has played a prominent role in elevating the visibility of Reform’s leadership alongside News UK’s Talk TV channel, where co-deputy leader David Bull hosts a programme....
April 26, 2024
News updates from March 26: Baltimore road bridge collapses; Trump’s social media business soars in market debut
UK apprenticeship minister Robert Halfon resigns
...Halfon, MP for Harlow, said he would step down in the coming general election having previously served as deputy chair of the Conservative party under former prime minister David Cameron....
March 26, 2024
UK foreign policy
David Cameron warns US politicians against ‘appeasement’ of Russia
...Lord David Cameron has warned US politicians against the “appeasement” of Russia as he increased efforts to secure aid to Ukraine, but was left struggling to make inroads having been snubbed by Republican...
April 10, 2024
Post Office scandal
Evidence of fraud ‘quite compelling’, says Post Office’s ex-managing director
...David Smith, who succeeded Cook as managing director in 2010, told the inquiry on Thursday that the Post Office had been preoccupied with the 2008-09 global financial crisis and the prospect of separating...
April 12, 2024
FT Live
Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific
Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region
Thursday, 16 MayHong Kong
Theresa May
Theresa May to step down as MP
...The MP for Maidenhead, May succeeded David Cameron as prime minister in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum and her time in office was consumed by the struggle to pass a deal with the EU....
March 8, 2024
UK politics
UK police investigate alleged remarks by Tory donor Frank Hester
...“The fact that two MPs have been murdered in recent years makes talk like this all the more alarming,” she added, referring to the murders of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016 and Conservative MP Sir David Amess...
March 22, 2024
UK politics
Labour calls for legal advice on Israel’s conduct in Gaza to be published
...David Cameron, the foreign secretary, to publish the advice....
April 4, 2024
Transcript
Transcript: Tories reel from by-election blows
...Lucy FisherAnd the FT’s Rafe Uddin. Hi, Rafe. Rafe UddinHi, Lucy. Lucy Fisher George, Rafe, what a week....
February 16, 2024
UK political party funding
Donations to Tories more than double those to Labour ahead of election
...Lord David Sainsbury, former chair of the eponymous supermarket chain, donated £3mn last year. His daughter, Francesca Perrin, donated £1mn....
March 7, 2024
UK politics
Sunak says UK economy has ‘turned the corner’ as he seeks to calm Tory nerves
...Sir David Davis, former Brexit secretary, who backed Mordaunt for the Tory leadership in July 2022, said: “The people putting Penny’s name out there are her enemies, not her friends.”...
March 18, 2024
UK by-elections
George Galloway wins divisive Rochdale by-election
...A local businessman called David Tully, who stood as an independent, came second with 6,638 votes, beating the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK....
March 1, 2024
UK immigration
‘Secret’ decision to stop issuing visas to Afghans fleeing Taliban potentially unlawful
...The findings in a report by David Neal, the chief inspector of borders at the time, relate to a decision taken in November 2022 to stop issuing visas under two resettlement schemes, including one for Afghans...
March 5, 2024
UK politics
UK justice minister steps down after death threats
...Sir David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West, was stabbed to death in 2021 by a “fanatical terrorist” who had previously scouted out Freer’s office....
February 1, 2024
FT Live
Innovative Lawyers Summit
Guiding business in a new global age
Wednesday, 11 SeptemberLondon, UK
Post Office scandal
UK officials tried to block Fujitsu from government contracts in 2010s
‘Project Sushi’ failed to remove Japanese software company despite ‘woeful’ performance
January 14, 2024
Post Office scandal
UK Post Office scandal exposes risks of Fujitsu’s hands-off approach
Reputational damage for Japanese conglomerate may affect demand for its AI products and IT services
January 21, 2024
Conservative Party UK
Liz Truss takes aim at Tories for failing to tackle ‘leftwing extremists’
...Truss spoke on Tuesday to a 200-strong crowd, including former home secretary Dame Priti Patel and chief Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost....
February 6, 2024
UK politics
Polls and plots: Rishi Sunak buffeted by week of Tory plotting
...YouGov said the poll had been commissioned by the anonymous donors but their point of contact was Lord David Frost, Johnson’s former Brexit minister, and another critic of Sunak....
January 25, 2024
Labour Party UK
Labour drops plan to backdate UK windfall tax on oil and gas
...David Whitehouse, chief executive of OEUK, said: “Labour either can’t do the maths or haven’t considered the alarming jobs impact that will be felt up and down the country.”...
February 9, 2024
Post Office scandal
UK government vows to protect litigation funding that helped sub-postmasters
...on Friday Alan Bates, a former sub-postmaster who heads the campaign group Justice for Sub-postmasters Alliance, added his voice to concerns that the “essential financing tool” that supported his own “David...
January 15, 2024
National Archives
Blair ignored warnings from senior colleagues about ID card scheme
...of the Blair administration released on Friday by the National Archives, show the prime minister’s strong desire to enact the policy, which had been drawn up with some enthusiasm by then home secretary David...
December 29, 2023
UK cabinet reshuffle as it happened: Suella Braverman sacked, David Cameron appointed foreign secretary
Science minister George Freeman resigns
...Freeman, who had held the role since February this year, previously served as transport minister under premier Boris Johnson and held the post of life sciences minister during David Cameron’s tenure as prime...
November 13, 2023
UK cabinet reshuffle as it happened: Suella Braverman sacked, David Cameron appointed foreign secretary
Institute for Government criticises ministerial churn
...In Monday’s reshuffle the government appointed its 16th housing minister since 2010, while former Prime Minister David Cameron is the fourth foreign secretary since the 2019 election....
November 13, 2023
UK cabinet reshuffle as it happened: Suella Braverman sacked, David Cameron appointed foreign secretary
Work under way to ensure scrutiny of David Cameron, says House of Commons speaker
...Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has assured MPs that work is under way to ensure that former premier David Cameron is scrutinised in his role as foreign secretary....
November 13, 2023

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