Home Office granted right to live in UK through tier 1 scheme to 46 people aged 21 or under, FoI request reveals Anti-corruption campaigners and MPs have warned that “the kids of oligarchs” may have used their parents’ money to buy the right to live in the UK after it…
Almost 50 so-called golden visas were issued by the U.K. to investors of university age or below in recent years, prompting anti-corruption campaigners to warn that kleptocrats may have used their children to secure the permits. To qualify for the visas, each candidate had to invest 2 million pounds ($2.5…
It has been wonderful to get so many emails and letters showing support by Westonians for the people of Ukraine after ‘mad Vlad’s’ invasion. Whether it’s been collections of essential items, with some local residents even getting into vans and lorries to make deliveries to Ukraine in person; or cash donations from individuals and…
John Penrose has described his ban from Russia as ‘a badge of honour’ after the Kremlin responded to further UK sanctions. The Weston MP was included in a list sanctioning 286 British MPs – though some inclusions had long since left their parliamentary roles. Today (April 28), Mr Penrose tweeted his…