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BREAKING: Sean Clark, the chief finance officer behind the catastrophic investment policy which has left Thurrock Council with a near £500m budget gap, has resigned
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🚨EXCLUSIVE
Hacked information is being used as a weapon in Britain’s courts 🗡️
Read our latest reveal, with @thetimes
thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
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🚨 BREAKING
@thurrockcouncil has issued a S114 notice of financial distress...
What does this mean? That it cannot balance its budget – and is effectively bankrupt ⬇️
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BREAKING: Government has sued PPE Medpro, the company linked to Conservative peer Michelle Mone, for the full £122m it paid under the contract for gowns awarded via the VIP lane in June 2020.
Company says it will "rigorously" defend the claim.
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A representative for Mone accused the neighbours of “making up lies”, adding: “Baroness Mone does not own a home in London and does not know any neighbours in London. Baroness Mone does not live in London.” thetimes.co.uk/article/04465…
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Finally, and hugely welcome – the new reporting rules for the family court reporting pilot are up on the @JudiciaryUK website: bit.ly/3ujhkVs
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📢 Last night, Thurrock council's leader apologised for spending tens of thousands of pounds and three years fighting @TBIJ's requests for information on its billion-pound investment deals
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3 years ago @Gareth_Davies09 spotted there was something fishy in Thurrock's accounts & asked to see the accounts. Thurrock refused & instead carried on putting a billion pounds on lame horses at the bookies. If they had been transparent this could never have happened #FOIA #foi
BREAKING: Thurrock Council reveals £500m black hole caused by failed investments - the biggest funding gap ever reported by a UK local authority
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BREAKING: Thurrock Council reveals £500m black hole caused by failed investments - the biggest funding gap ever reported by a UK local authority
thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
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🔴 NEW INVESTIGATION
Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers 🔗 bit.ly/tbij-waterways
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MPs across house condemn what one called ‘sickening, shameful’ disclosures about Covid procurement
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
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Michelle Mone’s lawyers sent us fierce denials that she was involved in PPE Medpro;
Company was “proud” its PPE “helped keep our NHS workers safe”;
In fact the gowns, for which the govt paid £122m, were rejected after inspection, never used in the NHS. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
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How can this be right?
Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm | Michelle Mone | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
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We spoke to @JvanLogg in our Smoke Screen podcast on spies and bribery in the tobacco industry 🚬
He was falsely accused of being part of a ‘rogue unit’ in the South African Revenue Service that spied on taxpayers and targeted political opponents...
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Two Tory-run councils warn PM of possible bankruptcy (via @patrickjbutler) theguardian.com/society/2022…
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🗣️ “They were in Qatar, they were in Dubai, they were in Bahrain. They were in Kuwait, they were in Saudi, they were doing so many things.”
How much do you know about the global hack-for-hire industry? Read on to discover more 🔗
thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
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Delighted to announce that the incredibly talented and skilled @manisha_bot will be joining the Guardian's investigations team from the BBC. Few journalists in the UK have her OSINT capabilities, which will be a tremendous asset to our entire newsroom. nitter.gq/manisha_bot/status/158…
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This year we revealed a series of secretive deals involving Thurrock Council and more than half a billion pounds of public money.
Today @Gareth_Davies09 has a bombshell development - read his thread to get the full scoop ✍️
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As Devon & Cornwall Police become the latest to be placed in special measures, exactly how many police forces are now rated as not good enough at, er, “investigating crime”? 14 out of 29. Full shocking story in the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Find out how Qatar’s World Cup enemies were hacked – a revelation uncovered by @TBIJ and @thetimes whilst investigating a criminal hacking network (🧵)
Click the link to read the full story 🔗bit.ly/qatarhack