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    Senior UK Conservatives under fire over tax, finances

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opened an investigation Monday into allegations that the chairman of the governing Conservative Party settled a multimillion-dollar unpaid tax bill while he was in charge […] More

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    Brexit: UK set to hit £1trn export target 15 years late

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight The UK will be 15 years late in hitting a Conservative government target of £1tn in annual exports after trade was hit by Brexit […] More

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    Nadhim Zahawi ‘misled officials over David Cameron’s Greensill messages’

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Nadhim Zahawi failed to tell officials that he had exchanged WhatsApp messages with David Cameron when the former PM was contacting ministers about Greensill Capital loans, it has been reported. […] More

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    Nadhim Zahawi ‘blocked from knighthood’ after tax questions raised

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi is said to have been rejected for a knighthood over concerns about his tax affairs. The cabinet minister – fighting for his political life after […] More

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    Home Office civil servants ‘told to stop using Times New Roman’ font

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Times New Roman has been outlawed by the Home Office due to it being harder for visually impaired people or those who have difficulty reading to decipher, reports say. It […] More

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    BBC chair appointed ‘on merits’ rather than Boris Johnson ties, claims Cleverly

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The BBC chairman Richard Sharp was appointed on “merit”, foreign secretary James Cleverly has insisted after claims that the broadcaster’s chief helped arrange talks which led to a £800,000 line […] More