13/10/2008Blair did intervene on F1 tobacco adsTony Blair personally intervened to secure Formula One's exemption from the tobacco advertising ban after meeting the sport's billionaire boss, Bernie Ecclestone, Whitehall documents revealed last night.
Mandelson to get £1m pay-out from EU Peter Mandelson will pick up a £1m "golden goodbye" package following his departure from Brussels, despite walking out after serving only four years as Britain's European Commissioner.
Mandelson to get £1m package from EUPeter Mandelson will pick up a £1m "golden goodbye" package following his departure from Brussels, despite walking out after serving only four years as Britain's European Commissioner.
Is Gordon Brown cashing in on the markets crisis?As the economic crisis deepened last Thursday, Gordon Brown was pictured with his eyes closed as he passed the portrait of a smiling Tony Blair on the Downing Street staircase. The Prime Minister could be forgiven for appearing to be deep in prayer after his risky £500bn bailout of British banks earlier in the week.
Council salaries hit by bank collapsesHundreds of thousands of council workers may not be paid this month because their earnings are frozen by the Icelandic bank collapse, it emerged last night.
Blair's role in F1 tobacco ban revealed Fresh details about the Ecclestone Affair - New Labour's first sleaze scandal - have been revealed in Whitehall documents.
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