London High Court declares Hasan Nawaz Sharif bankrupt

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son Hasan Nawaz Sharif. — AFP/File  LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son, Hasan Nawaz Sharif, has been declared bankrupt by the London High Court in a tax and liability case filed by the UK government’s tax and revenue department, according to court documents. As per the official UK Gazette, which keeps the public…

Years of cuts, a £500m shopping centre loan, then Covid pushed Croydon over the edge | Local government

As beleaguered Croydon council declared effective bankruptcy on Wednesday afternoon, its interim chief executive, Katharine Kerswell, sent an ominous wake-up-call memo to staff: “Too many of us are still operating like business as usual,” she warned, “and are not facing up to our new reality that we are actually in a financial crisis.” The methodical…