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    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
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      Government will target law firms and accountants in new bill

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      Wagner Group
      UK to probe how Wagner founder hired lawyers despite sanctions

      Treasury to review system that allows sanctioned individuals to apply for licences and legal representation

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Nadhim Zahawi
      Sunak to face renewed calls to fire Zahawi over £5mn tax dispute

      Labour to question why UK PM did not find out earlier about Tory chair’s penalty payment

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      Rishi Sunak faces big test of his commitment to ‘integrity’

      Much rides on the PM’s response to allegations against the Tory party chair and the BBC chair

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
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      ‘Questions need answering’ over Zahawi tax affairs, says Sunak

      Ethics inquiry opened into Tory party chair while head of BBC faces twin probes into appointment

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
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      Sunak orders ethics adviser to investigate Zahawi’s tax affairs

      UK government also faces crisis over allegations BBC chair Richard Sharp helped Boris Johnson secure a private loan

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Ambulance workers in England and Wales to go on strike again

      Health secretary Steve Barclay says NHS will suffer inevitable disruption from walkout

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
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      Pressure mounts on Zahawi to clear up questions on tax affairs

      Some Tory MPs question whether he can survive as Conservative party chair

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
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      Labour calls for probe into BBC chair’s link in Johnson loan guarantee

      Former Goldman banker Richard Sharp denies wrongdoing, saying he ‘simply connected’ guarantor to former PM

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      Labour opposition calls for resignation of Tory chair over ‘murky affair’

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
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      Fixed penalty from police caps a difficult week for UK PM amid levelling-up queries and controversy

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
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    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
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      Allocations from £2bn regional aid programme under fire and PM runs into seatbelt row on trip to promote aid

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
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      Kwarteng rebuked for scrapping industrial policy plan

      Ex-Tory business minister Greg Clark says move by his successor was ‘mystifying’

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