Hoopla around Truss and Rayner shows Michael Ashcroft still steering the debate
Ashcroft demands Starmer apology for Rayner ‘smear’ accusations
June 2023
Socialite Jasmine Hartin fined after killing Belize police officer
Ex-partner of Lord Ashcroft’s son discharged gun at Henry Jemmott in 2021 as the pair drank together
February 2022
No, Carrie Johnson is not a modern Lady Macbeth. She’s an enormous red herring
Zoe Williams
The prime minister’s wife gets a rough ride in Michael Ashcroft’s new biography. But many of her defenders couldn’t care less about fairness or decency
December 2021
Great Ormond Street children’s hospital guards to strike in dispute over sick pay
Staff working for an outsourcing firm owned by Tory donor Michael Ashcroft are planning a walkout over a denial of their employment rights
August 2021
Book of the day
Red Knight by Michael Ashcroft – an unauthorised biography of Keir Starmer
A two-dimensional portrait of the Labour leader says more about its billionaire author than his subject
June 2021
Belize gripped by arrest of Ashcroft son’s partner over officer’s death
Discontent simmers over police handling of investigation as Canadian Jasmine Hartin awaits bail hearing
May 2021
Partner of Lord Ashcroft’s son questioned over killing of Belize police officer
Jasmin Hartin was arrested near to location of body with ‘what appeared to be blood on her arms’
March 2021
The foreign royals and billionaire tax exiles collecting UK's furlough millions
Read the list of super-rich claimants, from Saudi princes to Dubai monarchs, tax exiles to the UK’s richest
February 2021
Lord Ashcroft is leading donor for Tory London mayoral candidate
Former party treasurer provides almost 40% of funding for Shaun Bailey’s faltering campaign
January 2021
Firm linked to Tory donor Lord Ashcroft wins £350m Covid contract
Contract for Medacs Healthcare, which is an existing supplier to NHS, is one of largest awarded during pandemic
August 2019
Lord Ashcroft: two Australian businesses owned by Tory and Liberal donor collapsed within a year
Anne Street Partners and QNV Constructions put into administration with debts totalling almost $150m
May 2019
MacKenzie Bezos pledges at least half her wealth to charity
Jeff Bezos’ former wife, known as world’s 22nd richest person with $36.6bn fortune, signs up to the Giving Pledge
June 2018
Welcome to Malta, playground for the frivolous grandees of the right
Nick Cohen
The poverty caused by leaving the EU is for the little people – who can’t migrate
Lord Ashcroft praises Malta as base for UK business during Brexit
Billionaire Tory donor and Leave supporter only briefly mentions political corruption
Profile: Isabel Oakeshott and The Bad Boys of Brexit
Journalist at centre of storm over leaked emails linking Brexit campaign donor with Russian officials
January 2018
Members’ club backed by Lord Ashcroft seeks to cut staff's basic pay
Devonshire Club promises to offset drop with share of service charge, in move that could reduce company’s tax bill
November 2017
Paradise Papers
End these offshore games or our democracy will die
Aditya Chakrabortty
The message of the Paradise Papers could not be clearer. Tax-avoiding elites must be reined in, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
Paradise Papers
Labour calls for tax office inquiry into Tory donor Lord Ashcroft
After Paradise Papers revelations John McDonnell questions if Conservatives made proper checks on donor
Paradise Papers
Need for transparency about offshore investments underlined by Paradise Papers
Letters: Readers’ reactions to an investigation into offshore tax havens that has revealed details of the Queen’s investments, among others
