When Michelle Mone sat down for an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg last month it was against the backdrop of serious allegations that she had been facing since 2020. Mone and her husband, the Isle of Man-based businessman Doug Barrowman, are the subjects of a long-running National Crime Agency investigation into allegations of bribery … Read more
LONDON: Four days ago, UK PM Rishi Sunak urged the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of parliament, not to block his plans to put asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda, describing his contentious migration policy as “the will of the people.” On Monday night, the Lords did not play ball. Instead, they voted … Read more
1,589 champagne bottles were purchased at a cost of approximately 56 pounds each. The House of Lords spent nearly 90,000 pounds (Rs 94,66,293) on champagne last year, buying 1,589 bottles for events and their gift shop. According to The Guardian, figures released after a freedom of information request showed that, over the course of the … Read more