Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 4 October 2021

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1. Blair and Putin’s finances exposed

A vast leak of financial documents has exposed the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The files from offshore companies, named the Pandora Papers, reveal that Tony Blair and his wife saved £312,000 in stamp duty when they bought a London office. They also show that the King of Jordan secretly amassed £70m worth of UK and US property. The leak links Russian President Vladimir Putin to secret assets in Monaco.

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