Ben Gartside

Reporter at The Telegraph

Senior Reporter @theipaper | Previously @Telebusiness. Email me: [email protected].

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Why Putin will keep his distance as Iran and Israel trade strikes

1 week ago | msn.com | Ben Gartside

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Why Putin will keep his distance as Iran and Israel trade strikes

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Ben Gartside

Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s support of Iran does not mean Middle East conflict will balloon into a full scale global war, defence experts have said. Following dozens of missile attacks by Israel on military commanders and nuclear scientists in Iran, global tensions have risen as allies of both nations look on as a decades-long proxy conflict boils over.
Landlords to make £750m profits from taxpayer for housing asylum seekers

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Ben Gartside

Companies receiving taxpayer’s money to house asylum seekers are set to make more than £750m in profits, The i Paper can reveal. The huge sums made by the three firms Serco, Clearsprings and Mears will reignite outrage at the burgeoning cost to the taxpayer of the government’s asylum policy. Recent disclosures showed that the Home Office will spend £2.2bn of overseas aid money over the next year on housing asylum seekers in hotels.
Elon Musk’s secret push to make millions for Tesla out of UK green energy scheme

4 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Ben Gartside

Elon Musk’s Tesla is pushing the UK Government to overhaul a £2bn green energy scheme to allow the electric car company access to the lucrative carbon credit market, The i Paper can reveal. Lobbyists for Tesla met senior civil servants in the first few months of Labour’s new Government, according to Freedom of Information documents.
Elon Musk’s secret push for UK to allow driverless Teslas

1 month ago | msn.com | Ben Gartside

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Elon Musk’s secret push for UK to allow driverless Teslas

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Ben Gartside

Elon Musk’s Tesla met with senior civil servants several times to push the Government to fast-track its self-driving cars, The i Paper can reveal. Lobbyists for Elon Musk’s electric car company met with Department for Transport officials five times between August and October last year, with the first meeting taking place less than a month after Labour’s election victory.
Tony Blair's growing links to Saudi Arabia revealed

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Ben Gartside

Sir Tony Blair’s consultancy has expanded its lucrative work with oil-rich Saudi Arabia in recent months, The i Paper can reveal. The disclosure comes after the former prime minister caused a political storm last week after calling for a reset of net-zero policies, claiming that limiting fossil fuels is “doomed to fail” .
Dozens of council workers caught doing multiple jobs - with WFH blamed

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Ben Gartside

Dozens of council workers across Britain have been paid for multiple full-time jobs they held in local authorities at the same time, The i Paper can reveal. According to Freedom of Information responses and other public records, nine councils have identified at least 37 cases of so-called “polygamous working” since the pandemic. In one case, a council employee working in London seemingly held up to four local authority jobs at once, although the nature of the roles hasn’t been disclosed.
Labour quietly cuts back prison building plans to pay for higher staff costs

2 months ago | inews.co.uk | Ben Gartside

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has cut almost £700m from its budget for building new prisons and renovating old ones to pay for extra staff and meet pay demands, it can be revealed. The disclosure has led to claims that Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s promise to pump more than £2bn into tackling the prison overcrowding crisis is quietly being watered down as pressure on public finances mounts and departmental budgets are squeezed.
UK defence firms blocked from banking need urgent help, Reeves told

2 months ago | msn.com | Ben Gartside

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