The Independent claims Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing questions about a possible breach of the ministerial code after it emerged he told David Cameron he had “pushed” Treasury officials over the ex-PM’s requests to help ailing finance firm Greensill.Read more on the story here
An independent Scotland would inherit a large hole in its public finances because lower than expected tax revenues, Brexit and coronavirus have increased the country’s budget deficit, according to FT Weekend.
A report commissioned in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests has found the UK is not an institutionally racist country – however “overt and outright racism” still persists in some areas of society, according to The Independent.
The Independent says MPs have warned that opportunities to root out the problem of sexual abuse in schools have been missed since a report called for “urgent” action on the issue five years ago.
