Secret files detailing the shadowy Middle Eastern business activities of Sir Mark Thatcher, son of the late former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, will be kept under lock and key in government archives instead of being published as expected.
Four batches of documents on the younger Thatcher are being retained despite official legislation dictating documents should be released after 20 years unless there are good reasons to retain them in Britain’s National Archives.
Previously the rule had been that files are made public after 30 years, but this was reduced to 20 years under Labour PM Gordon Brown.
Two files, titled ‘Cementation contract: Mark Thatcher and the Omanis’ will now not be released until 2053, meaning that they will have been kept out of the public eye for 65 years by the time of their publication.
Two further files have been designated as "temporarily retained" and have been assigned no date for release. These are titled ‘Mark Thatcher and the Omanis; other allegations against Mark Thatcher’ and ‘Request by Electronic Data Systems to employ Mark Thatcher.’ Full story...
Four batches of documents on the younger Thatcher are being retained despite official legislation dictating documents should be released after 20 years unless there are good reasons to retain them in Britain’s National Archives.
Previously the rule had been that files are made public after 30 years, but this was reduced to 20 years under Labour PM Gordon Brown.
Two files, titled ‘Cementation contract: Mark Thatcher and the Omanis’ will now not be released until 2053, meaning that they will have been kept out of the public eye for 65 years by the time of their publication.
Two further files have been designated as "temporarily retained" and have been assigned no date for release. These are titled ‘Mark Thatcher and the Omanis; other allegations against Mark Thatcher’ and ‘Request by Electronic Data Systems to employ Mark Thatcher.’ Full story...
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