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Philip Hammond

March 2024

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    Saudi defence deal
    MoD signed £8m deal with firm later alleged to be conduit for secret payments to Saudi prince

    Project Arrow contract signed amid scramble to keep on track £1.6bn defence deal and ran until at least 2017

December 2023

  • Philip Hammond holds a mobile phone to his ear while walking along a street

    Philip Hammond firm that worked for Saudi declares £600,000 dividend

  • Representations of the cryptocurrencies bitcoin and etherium

    Russian banker who is under sanctions sold £15m of shares in Philip Hammond crypto firm Copper

November 2022

  • A cost of living crisis protest in London.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK set for new wave of strikes as civil servants and train drivers vote for action – as it happened

    This live blog has now closed

October 2022

  • The Palace of Westminster

    Head of UK lobbying watchdog calls for tougher disclosure rules

    Exclusive: Harry Rich says transparency would be easier if lobbyists reveal which ministers they speak to
  • Liz Truss and Jeremy Hunt

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Kwasi Kwarteng reportedly believes Liz Truss ‘only has a few weeks’ – as it happened

    Source close to sacked chancellor briefs Times that ‘wagons are still going to circle’ around embattled prime minsiter
  • Philip Hammond, who holds a 5% stake in Copper Technologies, has criticised the UK’s lack of a full regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

    Cryptocurrency firm advised by Philip Hammond withdraws UK application

    Copper Technologies has moved customers to Switzerland after struggling to gain full FCA approval

September 2022

  • Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne holds the red box on budget day in 2015.

    The long read
    Saviour or wrecker? The truth about the Treasury

    The long read: It’s true that the UK Treasury thrives under the pressure of a crisis, from the 2007 financial crash to the Covid pandemic – but is its self-hyped reputation as the bedrock of government stability really deserved?

August 2022

  • Philip Hammond

    Philip Hammond’s consultancy firm made almost £1m in profit

    Filings cover period ex-chancellor worked for controversial clients including Saudi government

June 2022

  • Boris Johnson

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Boris Johnson promises action on cost of living crisis but says higher wages risk further inflation – as it happened

    In a wide-ranging speech on housing, the cost of living and Ukraine, the PM warns of danger of ‘wage-price spiral’

April 2022

  • Philip Hammond

    Cryptocurrency firm linked to Philip Hammond still lacks UK approval

    Former chancellor’s hopes of $15m windfall from stake in Copper Technologies at risk

November 2021

  • Philip Hammond

    Letting Hammond off shows PM won’t tackle corruption, says Labour

    Former chancellor to face no consequences despite official ruling against his use of government connections

October 2021

  • Lord Hammond has taken up as many as 14 paid and unpaid jobs since leaving politics after a bust-up with Boris Johnson over Brexit.

    Philip Hammond adds cryptocurrency role to post-Treasury jobs list

    Former chancellor joins Copper.co as adviser weeks after being criticised by Westminster lobbying watchdog

September 2021

  • Keir Starmer

    Keir Starmer rules out supporting national insurance rise

    Labour leader joins chorus of critical voices opposed to proposed hike to pay for social care
  • Former chancellor Philip Hammond

    PM risks ‘significant backlash’ over national insurance rise, says Hammond

    Ex-chancellor warns that plan to fund social care would break manifesto commitment and ‘has got to be the wrong thing to do’
  • Former chancellor, Philip Hammond

    Rebuke for Hammond over use of government contacts to assist bank

    Former chancellor’s actions in relation to OakNorth, who he is paid to advise, ‘not acceptable’

August 2021

  • Philip Hammond

    Labour accuses Philip Hammond of breaking ministerial code

    Former Tory chancellor reportedly wrote to Treasury to advocate for a bank he is a paid adviser for

April 2021

  • World Economic Forum 2018 in Davos<br>epa06468504 David Cameron, Former British Prime Minister and President National Citizens Service Trust, speaks during a plenary session during the opening day of the 48th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2018. The meeting brings together entrepreneurs, scientists, corporate and political leaders in Davos from 23 to 26 January. EPA/PETER KLAUNZER

    Revealed: David Cameron met Philip Hammond to discuss UK-China fund

  • David Cameron (left) and George Osborne make a speech during the Brexit referendum in 2016.

    Role call: the former ministers who found private sector jobs

February 2021

  • Pedestrians walk beside the River Trent in West Bridgeford, Nottingham, during England’s third national lockdown.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK Covid: alert level drops from 5 down to 4 as threat of NHS being overwhelmed reduces – as it happened

    Latest updates: UK medical officers agree to reduce Covid threat level but stress health services remains under severe pressure
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