McAlpine denies high court claim it had major role in 'blacklist scandal'

Value of action against construction firm estimated to be about £17m with more expected to add their names to allegations Construction firm Sir Robert McAlpine played a central role in a "conspiracy to blacklist" 3,300 people from working on Britain's major building projects, according to a multimillion-pound high court claim against the firm. Executives at the company, including Cullum McAlpine, a director and member of its founding family, were allegedly "intimately" involved in the operation...