Luxury London homes are an “attractive method to launder illicit funds”, a government report has said as the National Crime Agency steps up its McMafia-style “dirty money” investigations into suspect funds flooding into the country. The national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing 2020 has upgraded the risk level for the sector, saying:…
Barney Bubbles was once described as the “missing link between pop and culture” producing record sleeves, T-shirts and stage sets for the likes of Hawkwind, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and Nick Lowe. He also directed the 1981 video for the Specials song Ghost Town, featuring the band glumly crammed into a 1961 Vauxhall Cresta being…
Airlines like Virgin Atlantic and British Airways should face “strong action” from regulators for refusing to issue refunds to customers complying with England’s new tier 4 Covid restrictions, consumer advocates have said. Virgin Atlantic has told customers it will offer full cash refunds only if flights are cancelled by the airline. Travellers who are hit…
Barclaycard is increasing minimum credit card payments for millions of customers in January that could almost double some bills, raising fears that struggling borrowers will come under extra pressure after Christmas, when they face the worst month for household finances. Debt campaigners say the changes – which are being rolled out to Barclaycard’s 8 million…
If Simon Borghs wanted to eat a takeaway pizza fresh out of the box, he would have to sit in the local park. Taking a taxi meant lengthy discussions with the driver to ensure that he got to his flat. Getting a delivery meant walking down the road with his phone in his hand looking…
Richard Drax’s assertion that “no one can be held responsible today for what happened many hundreds of years ago” might sound a little less disingenuous if he wasn’t personally profiting to such a vast extent from the appalling actions of his own ancestors (“Wealthy MP urged to pay up for his family’s slave trade past”,…
