Sunak’s wife to pay UK tax on overseas income April 10, 2022 Rishi Sunak’s wife will pay UK tax on her overseas income after a row over the appropriateness of her non-dom status, she announced yesterday. The Chancellor’s wife, Akshata Murty, an Indian national, said she will pay UK taxes on her foreign income to avoid becoming a “distraction” for her husband’s political career. Critics have accused [...]
Boris Johnson heads to Kyiv for Zelensky talks April 9, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson today travelled to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Downing Street said. The trip is being used as a means to advance talks on a new package of military and financial support. A No 10 spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister has travelled to Ukraine to meet President Zelensky in person, [...]
Rishi Sunak held green card while made chancellor meaning Tory bigwig was permanent resident in US April 8, 2022 Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy reportedly held US green cards allowing permanent residence there, while he served as chancellor. It was reported he obtained it while living there before becoming an MP, and continued to hold it when he moved back to the UK, for at least a year of his chancellorship which [...]
Outgoing Met chief Cressida Dick writes letter to London: ‘You tell us so we can change but don’t politicise policing’ April 8, 2022 Outgoing Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has warned against the “politicisation of policing”, saying this is “a threat not just to policing but to trust in the whole criminal justice system”. In a “letter to London”, she wrote: “Of course as I look back there is more I wish we had achieved. “We hear [...]
Government still ‘committed’ to Holocaust memorial near Parliament despite High Court quashing planning permission April 8, 2022 The government is still “committed” to building a Holocaust memorial next to Parliament, despite a High Court decision to block planning permission for it. Peers have clashed after campaigners won a decision to delay a £100m project for a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre at Victoria Tower Garden in Westminster. Lord Pickles, co-chair of the [...]
Police raid Unite’s HQ over bribery, fraud and money laundering claims, with one employee under investigation April 8, 2022 Police raided trade union Unite’s London offices over allegations of bribery, fraud and money laundering, while one of its employees is subject to a criminal investigation. Its Holborn offices were raided with “files, documents and a computer” being taken by officers, as part of a nationwide operation involving multiple forces. According to the Telegraph, the [...]
Fighting back: Rishi Sunak dismisses wife’s non-dom tax controversy as ‘unpleasant Labour smears’ April 8, 2022 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has come out fighting for his wife Akshata Murthy, who is facing claims of avoiding tax due to her Indian citizenship and non-dom status. The Tory heavyweight insisted that his wife, who owns a 0.9 per cent stake in her billionaire father’s firm Infosys, is “100 per cent doing everything this country [...]
Campaigners win High Court bid to quash planning permission for Holocaust memorial outside Parliament April 8, 2022 Campaigners have won a High Court bid to quash planning permission for a national Holocaust memorial outside Parliament. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small triangular Grade II-listed park next to Westminster Abbey and the Palace [...]
Sunak tells Bank of England to ease up on opposition to fossil fuel April 8, 2022 Rishi Sunak has urged the Bank of England to ease up on its opposition to fossil fuel investment despite the UK's green commitments.
UK slaps asset freezes and travel bans on the daughters of Putin and Lavrov to finish off their ‘lavish lifestyles’ April 8, 2022 The UK is sanctioning Vladimir Putin’s daughters Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova under measures to target the “lavish lifestyles” of the Russian President’s inner circle, the Foreign Office has said. The Foreign Office was also targeting the daughters of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov with travel bans and asset freezes. A statement said: [...]