By Jack Mendel Westminster Council will come down hard on its so-called dirty money’ problem, zeroing in on US-style candy stores in Oxford Street. A motion will be passed this evening as 30 candy stores are under investigation for business rates evasion totalling £3m. The council leader said the war in Ukraine highlighted Russian oligarch investment in Westminster, and the use of convoluted financial arrangements to avoid detection from tax evasion. It added there has been a 300 per cent rise in the number of properties registered to owners in Jersey since 2010, and 1,200 per cent increase in…
