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Branson pockets £2bn in NHS cash over five years

Richard Branson's Virgin Care has been awarded almost £2 billion in NHS England contracts over the past five years. The Guardian analysis revealed Branson's firm has "quietly become one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers" after scooping reams of government contracts. In one year alone, the company’s health arm, Virgin Care, won deals potentially worth £1 billion to provide services around England, making it the biggest winner among private companies bidding for NHS work over the period. And its services are...

Liam Fox says no deal Brexit now likeliest outcome and blames EU

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox is now saying that Britain exiting the EU with his government having failed to have negotiated a deal about how everything will work with the EU is the likeliest outcome. The Leave campaigning Conservative minister who this time last year insisted that Britain is negotiating “one of the easiest” deals “in human history,” put the chances of a No Deal Brexit at "60-40".  And Fox blamed a No Deal outcome on the EU and chief...

The story of how the Conservatives crippled the country

From austerity, to Brexit, to economic collapse. That is the story of how the Conservatives have crippled the country over consecutive parliamentary terms and now the details have been exposed in full in a damning new study. According to a comprehensive research paper by University of Warwick economics professor Thiemo Fetzer Tory austerity and welfare cuts directly caused Brexit. The study concluded that if austerity had not happened, the Leave vote in 2016 would have been 9.51 percentage points lower and “could have swung...

Outrage from devastated High Street as Amazon pays less tax in UK despite profits tripling

There has been an outcry after news emerged that the tax delivery giant Amazon pays in the UK has fallen despite profits almost tripling. Amazon’s turnover was nearly £2 billion in the UK and its profits leapt. Yet the internet delivery giant’s taxes fell, partly due to being able to pay some of the staff in shares. Amazon UK’s taxes fell to just £1.7 million last year, down from £7.4 million in 2016. Billionaire Jeff Bezos's company says it pays...

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