Government 'asleep at the wheel' over claims of Iran sanction busting, MP warns Lloyds and Santander UK deny wrongdoing after report that they were used by an Iranian state entity Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2024
Teesworks review criticises freeport project’s secrecy and value for money Government-backed scheme overseen by Tory mayor cleared of cronyism and corruption, but transparency found wanting The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024
Royal Mail hails best Christmas for four years – but staff miss £500 bonus Delivery company says nearly all festive deliveries arrived on time and its revenues rose The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
‘How much is Fujitsu going to pay?’ Questions for Post Office IT firm as it faces MPs Company that built ill-fated system also comes under separate scrutiny from judge-led inquiry The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024
Sunak urged to suspend Fujitsu contracts after IT giant won billions despite Post Office scandal PM under pressure to end ‘VIP’ treatment for IT giant – with almost £5bn handed over in deals since landmark court ruling on software scandal The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024
Liam Byrne: ‘I’d say about a quarter to a third of MPs are the children of alcoholics’ In his new book, the Labour MP, who left a note to his Treasury successor in 2010 saying that there was ‘no money’, likens modern Britain to the last days of Rome. He talks about trauma, Starmer and creating a fairer society The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024
Wilko collapse: regulators urged to try to claw back millions in dividends Commons committee says money should be recovered from founding family ‘so pensioners are not short-changed’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023
Wilko’s former chair tells MPs she was devastated by collapse of retailer Lisa Wilkinson says her family’s multimillion-pound fortune was not enough to save the chain The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023
Billionaire Issa brother warned of ‘contempt of Parliament’ after Standard finds errors in Asda letter to MPs Mohsin Issa has until Thursday to respond to further questions from MPs Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2023
UK faces ‘gigafactory gap’ that could stifle its EV industry, say MPs Business committee tells government it must get more investment into sector to avert decline The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023
Spark EV battery production to prevent decline of UK car industry, MPs warn A report by the cross-party Business and Trade Committee stated that hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk. The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023
Harriet Harman elected as new head of MPs’ sleaze watchdog The former cabinet minister, who led the probe into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs, will replace her party colleague Sir Chris Bryant. The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023
Misbehaving MPs: some of the 24 suspended from the current parliament This is ‘the worst parliament in history’, according to the former chair of its standards committee. We examine some of the most high-profile cases The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023
Ministers urged not to shelve plans to outlaw oppressive lawsuits Ministers urged not to abandon non-legislative measures to prevent so-called Slapp suits against critics and journalists The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023 Starmer shows new ruthless side as he prepares to purge party of ‘problematic’ MPs The Labour leader is reportedly considering getting rid of up to a dozen MPs, including Liam Byrne, Khalid Mahmood and Neil Coyle
The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023 Suspected Kinahan gang members charged with firearm offences, NCA says The men are suspected of being members of the Kinahan organised crime group, which operates in Ireland, the NCA said.
Dublin Live · Jun 25, 2023 Kinahan cartel civil war breaking out behind bars Tensions are said to have reached boiling point in recent weeks at Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison, where most of the jailed members or associates of the gang are housed
Irish Mirror · Jun 25, 2023 Kinahan cartel civil war breaking out behind bars as infamous gang starts to implode A source told the Mirror how once common allies are now “turning on each other”.
Irish Mirror · Jun 19, 2023 Kinahan lieutenant Liam Byrne a target for UK's NCA for up to six years as probe into gangster was sparked by garda raid Exclusive: Documentation seized by the gardai in a raid of the Greenogue industrial unit in west Dublin in 2017 was the beginning of the end for 42-year-old Byrne
Dublin Live · Jun 19, 2023 Kinahan cartel's Liam Byrne was being probed by top UK crime agency for 6 years The Crumlin native is in Spanish custody as he fights his extradition back to England
Irish Mirror · Jun 12, 2023 Jailed Italian mafia supergrass will help cops finally catch Daniel Kinahan - they used to be friends EXCLUSIVE: “He will. He will give evidence to the Americans, to the Irish, to whoever else wants him – the British, I guess. The Spanish."
Dublin Live · Jun 12, 2023 Italian Mafia supergrass will help snare Daniel Kinahan, crime expert says Mafia expert Professor Anna Sergi said that Kinahan’s Italian Mafia pal Raffaele Imperiale will turn on him and give evidence against the cartel king
Irish Mirror · Jun 8, 2023 Agency that captured El Chapo playing huge role in hunt for Kinahans The Agency has officers on the ground in Dubai based at their consular office and they have been watching the cartel around the clock
Dublin Live · Jun 8, 2023 'We know exactly where the Kinahans are' - Garda gangland boss claim after Liam Byrne arrest The claim comes just days after Liam Byrne, alleged to run the Kinahan Cartel in the UK, was arrested in Spain
Irish Mirror · Jun 7, 2023 Gerry Hutch fails in bid to claw back Regency trial legal costs and is now landed with €400,000 tab He was found not guilty of murder - but Ms Justice Tara Burns said the court was satisfied that an unfairness did not arise for Mr Hutch in the decision to refuse costs