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Tyson Fury's business empire worth more than £80million after staggering growth
Tyson Fury has enjoyed yet another incredible financial year thanks to some big fights in Saudi Arabia and his mega-fortune keeps on rising as he continues to delay retirement
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Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata richer than King Charles without lifting a finger
Last year the combined wealth of the Sunak's overtook that of King Charles, thanks to rocketing dividend payouts from the shares in her father's firm
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Backers of Liz Truss's disastrous mini budget give millions to Sunak's campaign
Rishi Sunak's General Election campaign is being funded by money men behind Liz Truss’s disastrous mini budget, a new investigation by the Mirror, Led By Donkeys and Democracy for Sale has found
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Thousands of violent crime suspects at large despite evidence to arrest them
Half of the nation’s police forces have released figures to the Mirror, showing they failed to arrest a total of 5,306 suspects for recent and historical crimes - some going back as far as 20 years
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Water firm co-owned by Tory treasurer via offshore trust won contract with HMRC
Graham Edwards, who has donated £5.5million to the Tories since 2011, is a director of Castle Water which is controlled via an offshore trust in the British Virgin Islands
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Estranged couples plunged into divorce chaos after major courts blunder
The HM Courts and Tribunal Service have issued 94 divorce applications which should have been rejected because they were made one day early - with 79 final divorce orders made that may now be legally unsound
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Tory property guru hit with £4.5m tax bill for 'Ten Floors of Whores' building
HMRC has ruled that Dr Christopher Moran’s company failed to charge VAT to short term occupiers of a London apartment block, which have at times included sex workers
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100 children a day blackmailed over naked photos as sextortion scams soar
Experts believe up to 100 children per day are falling victim to these sextortion scams and some youngsters, including Dinal De Alwis, have killed themselves after being targeted
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Tyson Fury eyes up mansion on offshore tax haven popular with the super-wealthy
Boxer Tyson Fury, whose net worth is estimated to be around £50million, has been eyeing up an exclusive period mansion near the Isle of Man village of Ballabeg
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Thousands of Covid ventilators bought for £50k flogged off for as little as £100
The Good Law Project found the ventilator machines bought during the coronavirus pandemic are now up for grabs at online auctions, after being kept in expensive storage facilities
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Prison officers to train contractors in forcing asylum seekers onto planes
Government contractor Mitie, which runs immigration detention centres, is hiring “use of force instructors” to force asylum-seekers on to planes bound for Rwanda
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Michelle Mone and husband Doug Barrowman have £75million worth of assets frozen
The pair are being investigated by the National Crime Agency for alleged PPE fraud during Covid and the court order covers assets including a £25million townhouse in Belgravia, Central London, and an estate on the Isle of Man
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Tory health minister hasn't sold stake in Covid testing firm a year after pledge
Labour called on millionaire Tory minister Lord Markham to explain why he has not sold his stake private health screening firm Cignpost a year after telling Parliament he would
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Suspended children's home company run by reality TV star still recruiting roles
The home run by AP Care Homes Limited only opened in July but was judged “inadequate” following its first Ofsted inspection in November but it is still recruiting for staff
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Luxury property linked to Michelle Mone's husband being flogged for £25million
The 6,000 sq ft, six-bed residence is described as a “meticulously designed and elegant family home” with a sauna, steam room and cinema
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Figure of wasted taxpayers' cash on PPE revealed in case linked to Michelle Mone
Government lawyers revealed the figures at the High Court, where the claim against a PPE company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone was having its preliminary hearing
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Brutal reality behind Liverpool gang wars that left women and children dead
Britain’s seventh largest city, Liverpool plays an outsized role in the importing of drugs primarily cocaine which has had a devastating effect on the community
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Owner of farm where four boys died in car crash describes 'brutal' conditions
Four teenagers from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, travelled to Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park for a camping trip but tragically never returned home
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Car with four teens inside spotted by binman two days after they went missing
Farmer Rhys Williams described "brutal" weather conditions on Sunday when Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, lost contact with their families in Garreg, Wales
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Rent at luxury flat owned by Jeremy Hunt soared by 18% amid housing crisis
Tenants who moved into Jeremy Hunt's ­apartment last summer were charged £300 more a month than previous ones. The 18% increase was almost twice the rate of inflation at the time
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Michelle Mone finally admits role in £200m PPE deal uncovered by the Mirror
Tory peer Baroness Mone has finally admitted to her role in a £200m government PPE deal alongside her billionaire husband Doug Barrowman after the Mirror exposed their involvement with firm PPE Medpro
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Russell Brand made disturbing joke about writing a sex addiction 'victims' list'
The comedian Russell Brand has been accused by Channel 4's Dispatches and The Sunday Times of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013, which he has denied
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Captain Tom's daughter earned nearly £100,000 from his charity, accounts reveal
Accounts have shown Hannah Ingram-Moore, the daughter of fundraising hero Sir Captain Tom Moore who raised more than £39million for the NHS, was paid a substantial salary as interim CEO
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Gillian Keegan's dept gave £1m from rebuilding pot to firm linked to husband
Deal with Centerprise was paid for from the same pot of cash earmarked to rebuild classrooms at risk of collapse because they contain ­potentially deadly concrete
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Dozens of UK school buildings ‘at risk of collapsing’ as pupils set to return
The risk to pupils’ lives has been known for five years after a primary school partly collapsed in Kent, but documents seen by the Mirror indicate there could be chaos ahead for thousands of pupils
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