11 h. ago Reform MP suspends himself from party over Covid loans allegations

Former banker James McMurdock is alleged to have borrowed £70,000 through two companies

Politics

13 h. ago Reform MP James McMurdock resigns party whip as he is investigated over £70,000 Covid bounce back loans

Reform MP James McMurdock has resigned the party whip as he faces an investigation into £70,000 worth of Covid bounce back loans he took out for businesses during the pandemic.

Economics

13 h. ago Reform MP James McMurdock resigns party whip over allegations surrounding his 'business propriety during Covid pandemic'

Reform MP James McMurdock has 'removed the party whip from himself pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that are likely to be published by a national newspaper.'

Events

13 h. ago Reform MP suspends himself from party over allegations around business affairs

James McMurdock MP wrote to Reform's Lee Anderson saying that allegations were likely to be published by a national newspaper.

Society

14 h. ago Reform UK MP James McMurdock withdraws party whip over pandemic

Mr McMurdock has represented South Basildon and East Thurrock since last July’s general election

Events

14 h. ago Nigel Farage's party in chaos as Reform UK MP 'suspends himself' over probe

The suspension leaves Nigel Farage's party with just four MPs - after also falling out with ex-party member Rupert Lowe

Events

1 week ago 'Fraudster' posed as a millionaire on social media to scam rich friends and relatives out of £420,000 of designer Hermes handbags, court hears

Jack Watkin, 26, allegedly promised his victims a share of the profits if they loaned him cash to buy and sell expensive Hermes bags.

Economics