Genevieve Holl-Allen

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Matthew Field |Genevieve Holl-Allen

The donations are in addition to more than $100bn in giving since the foundation was launched at the turn of the millennium. Mr Gates had originally intended for the Gates Foundation to run for several decades after his death. However, on Thursday he said: "I have decided to give my money back to society much faster than I had originally planned.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tony Diver |Genevieve Holl-Allen

The Conservatives have called for an official investigation into "crony" appointments to Government roles. The party says Labour has failed to declare the political interests of key hires, including the chairman of the new football regulator and a senior figure in Angela Rayner's department. David Kogan, a media executive, was announced last month as the preferred candidate to lead the new independent football regulator.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Genevieve Holl-Allen

Critics also condemned the policy as a ban on county flags, but Reform sources insisted that they would still be permitted to be displayed. Tom Gordon, the Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, said: "If Reform UK's chairman gets his way, Reform-run authorities would ban flying the Yorkshire flag - even on Yorkshire Day. Is that really what Reform stand for in Yorkshire?

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Genevieve Holl-Allen

Labour peer under fire for saying ‘farmers with shiny tractors not poor’Protesting farmers drive their tractors past Houses of Parliament - Paul Grover for The TelegraphA Labour peer has come under fire for saying farmers protesting in Whitehall against the Government’s inheritance tax (IHT) raid “did not look very poor” because of their “shiny tractors”. Lord Foulkes, a minister under Sir Tony Blair, said that the protesters who had come to Westminster drove “sparkling, new, expensive tractors”.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Genevieve Holl-Allen

Challenging a colleague, the Labour peer told the House of Lords on Thursday: "Did my noble friend notice that, when the farmers blocked Whitehall with their tractors - sparkling, new, expensive tractors - they did not look very poor?