Files on shady business deals involving Margaret Thatcher’s son kept secret

‘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.’
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