DARK SECRETS: 4 - The Real Truth

David Lammy refuses to criticise US for not backing UN resolution condemning Russian invasion – as it happened

Foreign secretary says the UK co-sponsored the motion, voted for it and will support Ukraine but refused to criticise US

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025

The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain

Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and around the world

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

Families launch legal action over government’s private school fees VAT raid

The lawyer representing the claimants accused the government of rushing the VAT policy through

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2024

Private school group to launch legal action over Government’s VAT plan on fees

Members of the Independent Schools Council board voted to take action after the policy was confirmed in the Budget.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s US GP penalty

McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’s penalty in the United States Grand Prix rejected by the FIA stewards.

Autosport · Oct 26, 2024

FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s Austin penalty

McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’ Austin penalty rejected by the FIA stewards for last weekend’s Formula 1 race in Austin.

Motorsport · Oct 26, 2024

Private school campaigners liken education secretary to Nazi over VAT plan

Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policy

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024

UK’s new industrial strategy shows welcome signs of pragmatism. But the watchdog must have teeth

Rachel Reeves’s green paper seems to take policy more seriously than Tory predecessors

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024

Demand for England’s grammar schools falls – despite VAT on school fees

Ending tax exemption for private education has not led to influx at selective secondaries predicted by critics

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024

Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees

Survey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024