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Boris Johnson & Brexit NHS £350m Court Case

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After all the posts about London Capital and Finance this is finally another blog post more in line with my original intention for this blog. The fascinating news today is that Boris Johnson has been found to have a case to answer and will be facing court for charges of "Misconduct in Public Office" over his claims during the EU referendum that the UK pays the EU £350 million every week. Depending on the signage this claim was either that we could spend some on the NHS or as the sign below shows, spend ALL of it on the NHS. Boris Johnson & Brexit NHS £350m Court Case Boris Johnson had several opportunities to correct the numbers and was warned by the Office for National Statistics that the number could not be justified but he carried on using the £350 million figure. Rather than apologising he has repeatedly continued to state the number refusing to accept that it is incorrect and not grounded in reality. It will be interesting to see how the court case develop

LCF Properties Assets Frozen by Serious Fraud Office

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Jim Armitage of the Evening Standard has reported that various people linked to London Capital & Finance, some of whom were arrested by the Serious Fraud Office in March 2019 have had property & assets frozen so that they are unable to sell or transfer them. The names associated with these freezing orders will be familiar to anyone who has been following the LCF saga and include the CEO of LCF Andy Thompson as well as Simon Hume Kendall CEO of the largest borrower from LCF. LCF Properties Assets Frozen Fraud Office https://www.standard.co.uk/business/serious-fraud-office-freezes-12-million-of-property-in-lcf-probe-a4143896.html