Watchdog exposes Galliford’s £94m accounting errors

Watchdog exposes Galliford’s £94m accounting errors sending shares crashing 18% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:27 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 12 March 2020 Accounting errors by Galliford Try inflated its net assets by more than £94million. The construction business’s mistakes were uncovered by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), … Read more

Boris Johnson to be probed by sleaze watchdog over £15,000 Caribbean holiday

Boris Johnson to be probed by sleaze watchdog over £15,000 Caribbean holiday amid controversy over who footed the bill Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be investigated for his Caribbean holiday   He and fiancee Carrie Symonds accepted ‘accommodation for a £15k getaway’ The Observer said the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Stone, decided to pursue an … Read more

Police watchdog will not investigate Caroline Flack’s death saying there was no ‘causal link’

The Metropolitan Police has said today there is no need to investigate officers over Caroline Flack’s death after the watchdog said there was no ‘causal link’ between their actions and the tragedy.  Officers last had contact with the 40-year-old television presenter on December 13, 2019 when she was in custody following an alleged assault.  The … Read more

Iran’s uranium stocks are FIVE TIMES the limit agreed under 2015 deal, UN’s nuclear watchdog warns

Iran’s uranium stocks are FIVE TIMES the limit agreed under 2015 deal, UN’s nuclear watchdog warns The IAEA said Iran’s stockpile had more than doubled to 2,250lbs since February 2015 deal with world powers allows only a much smaller stockpile of 461lbs The UN nuclear watchdog also demanded ‘clarifications’ over an undeclared site  By Tim … Read more

Housebuilders investigated by watchdog after evidence emerges of leasehold mis-selling

Housebuilders LIED to the buyers of leasehold homes it emerges as competition watchdog prepares to take action against them Watchdog finds serious issues with the way leasehold homes have been sold   Homebuyers were not properly advised on what they were being sold Thousands of homeowners could potentially have been mis-sold to as a result By … Read more

Married At First Sight: TV watchdog investigates toothbrush incident

Married At First Sight under fire over toothbrush incident: TV watchdog is hit with complaints over David’s sick revenge on cheating wife Hayley Do you have a story about a MAFS participant? Email [email protected]  By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:44 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 02:57 GMT, 28 February 2020 Married … Read more

Report: Gambling watchdog is failing to protect people from becoming hooked on betting

Britain’s gambling watchdog is failing to protect gamers from falling into addiction, the government spending watchdog warns today. In a damning report, the National Audit Office (NAO) said the Gambling Commission is not big enough to tame the £11billion industry in the UK. The ‘small regulator’ only has a £19million budget to tackle a ‘dynamic’ … Read more

City watchdog launches probe into stricken NMC Health

City watchdog launches probe into stricken NMC Health amid claims founder kept board and shareholders in the dark about loans By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 27 February 2020 The City watchdog has launched a full investigation into NMC Health as one of the … Read more

Armed forces´ equipment plan `unaffordable´, watchdog…

MoD’s equipment plan has £13bn funding black hole meaning military may not be able to expand its F-35 fighter jet fleet, watchdog warns MoD’s predicts £183.6b spending between 2019 and 2029, an overrun of £2.9b However in the ‘worst-case scenario’ this extra spending could rise to £13 billion NAO warned reluctance on ‘difficult decisions’ means … Read more

NMC Health shares suspended by the watchdog after accounting debacle

NMC Health shares are suspended by the watchdog after accounting debacle at the FTSE 100 hospital group sees its top brass forced out The troubled hospital group fired its chief executive Prasanth Mangat last night  American investment firm Muddy Waters first highlighted the problems at NMC By This Is Money Reporter Published: 10:36 GMT, 27 February 2020 … Read more