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Bayern Munich have made an improved offer of £70m plus add‑ons for Harry Kane and hope it will be prove enough to prise the striker away from Tottenham. Spurs rejected Bayern’s opening offer of £60m plus add-ons for Kane last month, the club deeming it too low for a player they value at at least £100m despite the fact his contract expires next summer and he has shown little sign of wanting to sign an extension, leaving Spurs at risk of losing their record goalscorer on a free transfer. Kane has held positive talks with Bayern over a move to the…

More than 50 MPs have owned stakes in publicly listed companies that raise questions about possible conflicts of interest and that until now have been in effect secret, the Guardian can reveal. Parliamentary rules mean MPs’ shareholdings, including ones that were held by the former prime minister Theresa May and the former education secretary Gavin Williamson, do not need to be publicly disclosed in parliamentary registers. But as a result voters are left in the dark about some of the financial interests of their elected representatives. The Guardian is today publishing a list of several dozen MPs who currently have…

Some of the UK’s largest mobile phone and broadband providers have been accused of burying cheaper deals for vulnerable customers on their websites, despite pressure from the government to promote them amid the cost of living crisis. Charities and consumer groups said millions of low-income households across Britain were missing out on hundreds of pounds of savings, with many left to deal with inflation-busting bill increases of up to 17% this spring. The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, last week announced measures to get Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, to push telecoms suppliers to raise awareness of “social tariffs” and to drive consumer take-up. The tariffs…

Peers have revealed that their political work is causing their children to be denied bank accounts under draconian money-laundering rules. Lords revealed how financial institutions are threatening to drop them as customers if their family members do not agree to comply with intrusive checks. Their testimony comes after The Telegraph disclosed that ministers are set to scrap controversial EU rules on “politically-exposed persons”. The controversial rules require banks to carry out “enhanced” checks on public figures like politicians, diplomats, army leaders and even royals. Lord Sharkey, a Liberal Democrat peer, revealed how they had been used to demand personal financial information from…

A federal judge has made a historic ruling by partially granting an injunction that blocks various Biden administration officials and government agencies such as the Justice Department and the FBI from working with big tech firms to censor posts on social media. The injunction came in response to a censorship-by-proxy lawsuit brought by attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, who have accused Biden administration officials and various government agencies of pressuring social media companies to suspend accounts or take down posts. Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana wrote in the July 4…

Attorneys general in several Republican-led states warned Target that “pride” displays and LGBT items at stores could create legal issues for the retail giant, running afoul of child-protection laws in some jurisdictions. Led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, seven attorneys general wrote that the store’s “June Pride” collection could be “potentially harmful to minors” and said that the economic interests of shareholders could suffer due to ensuing boycotts. What’s more, they argued that the items could raise concerns about state child protection or parental rights laws. “As Attorneys General committed to enforcing our States’ child-protection and parental-rights laws and…

Ministers have been ordered to hand over an unredacted cache of documents including Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries to the Covid inquiry after losing a legal challenge. Government insiders said they would comply with the ruling by high court judges on Thursday, but were concerned that it would set a precedent for further demands for important documents and messages held by serving ministers. Bereaved families and opposition parties criticised the Cabinet Office’s failed judicial review, which sought to curb the powers of the inquiry chair, Heather Hallett, as a waste of time and money. Lord Justice Dingemans and…

t’s just about possible to see how Sadiq Khan miscalculated so badly when he proposed extending London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez) to cover just about all of the city he presides over. The scheme, which charges older, more polluting vehicles £12.50 a day to drive within its perimeters, had proven relatively uncontroversial when it was limited to the city centre. And the idea sounds nice. The aim is to improve air quality, accelerate the transition to carbon neutral transport, and make the city a more pleasant place to live. But London is not populated entirely by cycling singletons, who buy all…

Manchester United have increased their bid for André Onana to €50m (£42.7m). Internazionale want €60m for the goalkeeper but talks are continuing and sources believe a compromise could be agreed at €55m. United’s latest offer was of about €45m plus add-ons for the Cameroon international, who had agreed personal terms on a long-term deal. An initial verbal bid worth a total of €45m was rejected on Wednesday. Erik ten Hag wants Onana to take over from David de Gea as United’s first choice. De Gea’s contract has expired but the 32-year-old is due to hold talks over a possible renewal. Granit…

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