The Popular Party (PP) leader has been dragged into a corruption case roaring through the Spanish courts. Now it has emerged he may have asked his former right hand man and ex-party treasurer Luis Bárcenas to stop him from being blackmailed. According to Spanish reports, Mr Rajoy's colleague was dispatched to stop an audio containing damaging information about him being released. Spanish businessman Ignacio González has been remanded in custody in Spain after the Central Operative Unit (UCO)...

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice branded Uber an official company yesterday after the organisation claimed it was a software organisation. The key judgement will effectively hammer the controversial brand which has been criticised for trying to mandate a global monopoly. Now as the scandal hit company loses income from users who illegally had money taken from their bank accounts and hacking, other providers are stepping in to mop up the market. They leaned on Boris and...

Lloyds Banking Group has paid off its debt to the UK taxpayer after it required a massive liquidity boost following the international debt crisis which first became apparent in 2007. The Government was forced to take a 43 per cent stake in the group following the collapse of the derivatives market. In 2009, the group revealed £11bn of losses at HBOS but has gone on to slowly turn itself around. UK Financial Investments (UKFI), which managed the government stake in Lloyds, cut its 6.93 per...

And as Donald Trump begins his economic recovery plan by investing in US jobs and promising deficit cuts, confidence in the pound is hitting lows as the dollar surges. Paresh Davdra, CEO and co-founder of RationalFX, said the pound's low is directly linked to the unelected Lords. He said: "The pound slipped further to a seven-week low against the dollar yesterday ahead of the last debate in the Lords and the spring budget. "As parliamentarians seek further say in the terms of negotiation –...

In a Brexit editorial piece commissioned by former Labour leader Alistair Campbell's newspaper The New European, Mr Farron says those who backed Remain "must not sit in silence". In the opinion commentary, Mr Farron takes aim at Prime Minister Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, insisting the Labour leader "danced to the Conservatives’ tune". Mr Farron declared the UK is in for a "slow and gruelling march towards Brexit". Over the coming years we must do what is best for the country and standing...