I just saw a hydrogen-powered car set a world record at 400 mph — but can they compete with EVs? What can a 400-mile-per-hour hydrogen car show about the future of alternative power? Tom’s Guide · Aug 13
Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025
Security services descend on UK’s poshest farm shop as JD Vance visits with family British armed counterterrorism officers debating who gets the chocolate-flavoured ice cream among unusual sights seen in sleepy Cotswolds village The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025
Tory Foreign Office minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in the country The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024
Rich List 2024: Who are the wealthiest people in the UK? Gopi Hinduja and his family, which is behind the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group, have been named as Britain’s richest. The Independent UK · May 17, 2024
Tory donors from JCB empire could face £500m bill to settle tax inquiry Exclusive: HMRC investigation into peer Anthony Bamford and his brother focuses on offshore trusts that own business empire The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023
Boris Johnson living in donor's £20m home on one of UK's most expensive streets Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is living in a £20m property on one of the UK’s most expensive streets. A similar neighbouring property is being offered for rent for £30,000 a month Daily Mirror · Jan 10, 2023
How hydrogen combustion engines could help JCB decarbonise the construction industry The digger business is putting £100 million in developing the new type of engine where the only by-product is steam Birmingham Post · Sep 15, 2022
Johnson supporters helped Liz Truss raise almost £425,000 for leadership bid Almost half of the money raised by Liz Truss for her leadership campaign came from two women. The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022
Boris and Carrie Johnson mini-moon at 'soothing energy' villa while UK heads to recession Boris Johnson boasted he’d had a ‘wonderful’ time swimming lakes in ‘peace and quiet’ at Vila Planinka, which urges guests to switch off phones while they dine on bear - while No10 rejected calls for an emergency budget Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022
Inside Boris Johnson's lavish wedding bash where he joked about 'stitch up' to oust him from No10 The outgoing PM's closest supporters were in attendance, including Defence Secretary Ben Wallace , Jacob Rees-Mogg , Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams, one of Johnson's closest friends. Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022
Boris Johnson’s wedding sees allies and pop stars party on donor’s estate The lame duck leader invited his last remaining loyalists to the grounds of 18th-century Daylesford House - owned by Tory mega-donor Lord Bamford. Daily Record · Jul 31, 2022
Boris Johnson flies 4,000 miles to India on taxpayer - and meets donor tycoon on first day The Prime Minister is on a two-day state-funded visit to India - and his first business engagement was to go to a new JCB factory, where he enjoyed a nice stroll with billionaire Conservative donor Lord Bamford Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022
MPs should wait for ‘full facts’ on Partygate, says Johnson in India Row over breaching of lockdown rules rumbles on as PM begins two-day visit to discuss trade and security The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2022
Birmingham Post · Feb 2, 2022 JCB pothole machine helps council to complete three years of road repairs in just four months JCB chairman Lord Bamford personally led the development of the PotholePro machine which was launched in 2021