9 h. ago As Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman begin offloading their vast property empire...Are 'Baroness Bra' and her billionaire husband selling up to start a new life in Miami?

Records show tycoons Baroness 'Bra' and Mr Barrowman have sold two Glasgow townhouses to celebrity friends in the last 12 months - making £2m in profit.

Culture

6 d. ago Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit

Industry giant paid for Lord Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland before he tabled amendment to tobacco and vapes billA Conservative peer proposed delaying the UK’s proposed ban on heated tobacco, weeks after a leading cigarette company paid for him to visit its research facility in Switzerland.The tobacco and vapes bill would gradually raise the age at which consumers can buy cigarettes and other tobacco products, making the UK the first major economy to chart a course towards phasing out tobacco altogether. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Penny Lancaster swipes 'karma gets you' about new doc on the 'fall' of Michelle Mone

Penny Lancaster swiped 'karma gets you' about the new BBC documentary on lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone.

Politics

9 d. ago Lords watchdog investigates Tory peer over ‘erroneous’ travel claims

Earl of Shrewsbury is fifth peer to face an inquiry after Guardian reporting into upper houseThe House of Lords watchdog has launched an investigation into a Conservative hereditary peer who admitted he “erroneously” made claims last year for travel expenses he did not incur. He is the fifth peer to face an inquiry after Guardian reporting into the upper house.The Earl of Shrewsbury is being examined for a potential breach of rules after revelations he received reimbursement for mileage for four journeys between his home in Derbyshire and Stafford station, which he cannot have made as he was either in London or Liverpool.Ian Duncan, a Conservative peer who helped to secure a meeting with a government minister for a Canadian nuclear technology company he was advising.Richard Dannatt, a former head of the army who offered to secure meetings with ministers for undercover Guardian reporters posing as commercial clients wanting to lobby the government.David Evans of Watford, a Labour pee...

Events

1 week ago The revealing inside account of how Baroness Bra came undone: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone

Director Erika Jenkin's documentary builds to an infamous confrontation with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, with the Glasgow businesswoman squirming under questions about the PPE scandal.

Politics

1 week ago Michelle Mone's spectacular fall from celebrated bra baroness to most hated businesswoman

Baroness Mone of Mayfair has an inspiring rags to riches story, but the self-made millionaire was also the architect of her own demise which left her reputation in tatters and her empire in ruins

Politics

1 week ago The shocking boom and bust of lingerie queen Michelle Mone is laid out in compelling series on TV tonight

It was the ultimate rags to riches tale - but now Michelle Mone is fighting serious allegations. A new BBC documentary investigates

Politics

1 week ago Who is Michelle Mone? BBC airs documentary on ex Tory peer's downfall

Baroness Michelle Mone called the BBC documentary about her “misleading and one-sided”

Politics

1 week ago Watchdog investigates Tory peer over nuclear firm’s meeting with minister

Lord Duncan of Springbank is the fourth peer to face a parliamentary inquiry after Guardian reportingThe House of Lords watchdog has launched an investigation into a Conservative peer who helped to secure a meeting with a government minister for a Canadian nuclear technology company he was advising.The watchdog will examine evidence that Ian Duncan potentially breached parliamentary rules when he facilitated an introduction between the minister and the company’s chief executive while he was on the company’s advisory board. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Michelle Mone: Who is the Conservative peer? What is Ultimo and what is Michelle Mone's net worth?

Michelle Georgina Mone OBE is a Scottish business entrepreneur and is the subject of a new BBC documentary.

Politics

1 week ago David Cameron 'lost the plot' by making PPE scandal tycoon Michelle Mone a Tory peer

The ex-Tory PM's decision to elevate Glasgow-born entrepreneur Mone to the House of Lords has been examined in a new TV documentary.

Politics