UK: Boris Johnson wins race to be Tory leader and PM
From BBC Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival’s 46,656. The former London mayor…
UK ministers humiliated after Cayman and BVI leaders repeatedly ignore requests for meetings
By Jon Stone From The Independent UK Exclusive: Campaigners accuse Government of ‘pussyfooting’ around the issue, and claim the ‘meek’ and ‘softly-softly’ approach is not working The governments of two notorious tax havens have repeatedly ignored UK ministers’ requests to…
HMRC: The taxman cometh
By Tom Burgis and Vanessa Houlder From The Financial Times UK authorities vowing crackdown on tax dodgers to prove system does not favour the rich and famous Missing millions: protesters dressed up as UK chancellor George Osborne and former shadow…
