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  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    UK politics lobbying
    Cameron lobbied BoE and top Treasury official over Greensill

    Senior civil servant Tom Scholar tells MPs he received phone call and texts from former PM

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  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    MPs unanimous in declaring China’s treatment of Uyghurs genocide

    Commons vote non-binding but adds to pressure on UK government to take harder line

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  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    UK government ‘drowning’ in PPE contract requests, court told

    ‘VIP lane’ for favoured suppliers sometimes hindered procurement of safety kit

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Scientists split over advice on giving AstraZeneca jab to UK under-40s

    Some on vaccine committee take cautious line over blood clots, while others fear impact on inoculation rollout

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Scottish independence
    Scottish Labour tries to shift focus from independence with ‘recovery plan’

    Party promises to spend heavily to create jobs and rebuild the health and care systems

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Brexit Briefing
    Businesses still feeling the pain of EU customs checks Premium

    Companies experience delays as products are stranded or returned for incorrect form filling

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    James Dyson
    Dyson moves residency back to UK as text dispute refuses to die down

    Billionaire says Singapore remains group’s head office after controversial relocation from Britain

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    FT AlphavilleUK tax
    We are at a turning point on tax

    The UK’s fiscal constitution will need to be redrawn post-pandemic

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Banx 
    Johnson accused of cronyism over Dyson ventilator tax cuts
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    Inside Scotland’s pandemic: has it made independence more likely?

    As the country reopens, Nicola Sturgeon is riding high — but Covid has complicated her party’s push for self-governance

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    News in-depthBrexit
    UK ‘throwing kitchen sink’ at making N Ireland Brexit deal work

    Trade groups say efforts stepped up to implement the protocol despite Johnson’s claims

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Bank of England
    BoE plans to reshape Leeds hub in levelling-up move

    Cash centre to shut but operations and ‘substantial’ number of staff to move north

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Helen Thomas
    Dyson texts seem low-level sleaze but still raise lobbying questions

    Messages between entrepreneur and PM come as UK government is engulfed in Greensill scandal

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus treatment
    Scientists warn of challenges to find antiviral pill to treat Covid

    Creation of task force by UK government welcomed but no trials have delivered solutions

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Robert Shrimsley
    Boris Johnson is not the man to clean up British public life

    The prime minister will do no more than is necessary to make the Greensill saga go away

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Scottish independence
    Salmond’s Alba party manifesto queries SNP independence commitment

    Former first minister says Scotland’s ruling party is also failing on issues from economy to trans rights

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Pollution
    Coroner calls for stricter UK pollution limits after child’s death

    Legally binding targets should be based on WHO guidelines to save lives, he recommends

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Charities in Britain feel the pinch as finances suffer while demand rises

    An end to emergency grants comes just as needs within the population are rising

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    UK tax
    MPs and investors push for extension to tax relief for UK social enterprises

    Letter to Treasury argues that current proposal of two years’ relief should be extended to five years

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    UK universities
    Cass Business School to be renamed after statistician Thomas Bayes

    Move by City, University of London, follows concerns about philanthropist’s slavery links

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
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    Labour calls for ‘transparent’ lobbying inquiry after Dyson texts revealed

    Industrialist exchanged messages with Johnson over tax treatment when developing ventilator for NHS

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
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    Rethinking Supply Chains

    From the US-China trade war, to Brexit, to pandemic-led delays to manufacturing and shipping, the global supply chain is firmly in the spotlight. How is the business of trade adapting in a changing world?

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
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    Brexit lands English exporter in supply chain quagmire

    Bureaucracy of trading with EU throws up many challenges for Prima Cheese

  • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
    UK Government
    Johnson abandons plan for daily TV briefings at Downing St

    About-turn weeks after £2.6m of taxpayers’ money had been spent on new media room

  • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK government faces legal action over £102m face mask deal

    Good Law Project says lucrative PPE contract was awarded without competition

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