A Morning Star investigation has found that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, comprising 20 MPs, received £27,000 last year from Shell International. Last month, the firm was forced to settle out of court in New York, faced with charges that it was culpable in the state murder and torture of nine members of the Ogoni tribe including writer and Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995. [continue...]
The Government has today annuounced that it will take over the East Coast Mainline rail franchise vacated by National Express, which has failed to meet its contractual obligations for the franchise which it won in 2007. [continue...]
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