mr sunak is trying to save his rwanda scheme ahead of a vote in the house of commons tomorrow. we ll talk to conservative mp sir geoffrey cox, a former attorney general, who supports the bill. also tonight: an exclusive report from newsnight discovers that elite afghan soldiers trained by the uk are facing imminent deportation back to taliban controlled afghanistan. the afghans will say, well, you manage to mount a complex, comprehensive manage to mount a complex, comprehensive enduring military o eration comprehensive enduring military operation into comprehensive enduring military operation into afghanistan, - comprehensive enduring military operation into afghanistan, so i comprehensive enduring military. operation into afghanistan, so the fact you cannot help us with this small thing of managing the migration of maybe a couple of thousand, you are either guilty of incompetence or ill will. you can t have it both ways. the full report in a quarter of an hour. and as the
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Starling reaches unicorn designation as it bolsters its business offerings
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The UK-based neobank closed its Series D funding round by raising £272 million ($375.8 million), bringing its new valuation to £1.37 billion ($1.89 billion),
per TechCrunch. It plans to use the money to expand into other parts of Europe, make strategic acquisitions, and grow its lending operations in the UK.
In addition to its funding raise, Starling announced that its business accounts have more than quadrupled since 2019. As of yesterday’s funding announcement, it totaled 300,000 business accounts, up from 74,000 in 2019. The significant growth came on the back of its
participation in the Coronavirus Business Interruption and Bounce Back Loan Schemes, which allowed it to provide government-backed loans to struggling businesses and increase its customer base: It had
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