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Ex-minister allowed ‘perception of impropriety’ over defence firm job – watchdog

Sir Grant Shapps served as defence minister under former prime minister Rishi Sunak.

Evening Standard

Klepto capital: How London became a dirty money hub

Kleptocrats and fraudsters of the world have been washing their illicit billions in the city. Rachael Burford looks at how we can clean up our reputation as a global laundromat

Evening Standard

Suella Braverman latest: Farage blames Tory defector’s ‘useless’ government record on ECHR as she joins Reform

Suella Braverman was unveiled at a Reform rally for veterans in London as the eighth MP for the party

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Regulator ‘asleep at the wheel’ over University of Greater Manchester investigation, MP says

Office for Students accused of ‘glacial’ response to allegations of fraud, bullying and mismanagement

The Guardian - UK

Regulators open inquiry into University of Greater Manchester amid fraud claims

University is already being investigated by police over ‘allegations of financial irregularities’ and has suspended three of its senior staff

The Guardian - UK

UK accused of caving-in to British Virgin Islands over access to companies register

Parliamentary group urges government to clamp down on overseas territories before flagship anti-corruption summit

The Guardian - UK

Hiding money away in overseas territories starves Treasury, warns MP

Phil Brickell will call for Whitehall clarity over ministers’ efforts to tackle financial secrecy in the British Overseas Territories.

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Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say

Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog criticised for clearing ex-defence secretary Shapps to join missile maker

Former minister can take up role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace – as long as he avoids defence matters

The Guardian - UK

An ethics record that this Labour government can be proud of

Letter: Phil Brickell MP responds to an editorial on Labour’s standards reforms

The Guardian - UK

University of Greater Manchester suspends vice-chancellor amid investigation

George Holmes and two other staff members suspended over allegations of financial irregularities

The Guardian - UK

Putin ‘very wrong’ to think he can silence MPs, warns sanctioned politician

‘If Vladimir Putin thinks that sanctioning me will silence me, he is very, very wrong,’ Labour MP Johanna Baxter told the Commons.

Evening Standard

Russia imposes sanctions on 15 UK MPs over ‘hostile statements’

Six members of House of Lords also targeted as Moscow accuses UK of trying to ‘demonise’ it amid Ukraine war

The Guardian - UK

MPs and peers speak of ‘pride’ after Russia sanctions

The Russian foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that it was sanctioning six peers and 15 MPs.

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Edinburgh tenements housing legal loopholes and the ‘King of Fraud’

‘HE works on the night shift and is probably asleep,” says an elderly woman as she walks past us and opens the door to her ground-floor flat.

The Guardian - UK

Police look into claims of racism and financial misconduct at University of Greater Manchester

MP for Bolton West says whistleblowers have sent allegations detailing the ‘systematic misuse of public funds’

The Guardian - UK

UK fails to improve on record low ranking in global table of corruption

Compilers of index cite factors including Partygate and revelations about Covid PPE contracts

The Independent UK

No rewind on Brexit, minister says following reset talks

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Government intends to make Brexit work in a ‘ruthlessly pragmatic’ way.

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Regulators urged to examine UK business dealings with Bangladeshi ex-minister

HMRC and FCA asked to look into property deals by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury now under investigation in Dhaka

Manchester Evening News

Labour select Wythenshawe councillor as Bolton West parliamentary candidate

Phil Brickell will challenge sitting Conservative MP Chris Green at the next national poll

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