Thomas Cook said it was taking the matter very seriously, and added it was in conversation with the couple over compensation.

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Instead, the BAP simply looked at the subsequent transfers by Wife to the Cook Islands Trust as a bright red flag that something was seriously amiss.

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But the calls for people to boycott the statistics-gathering programme have not seriously damaged its effectiveness, according to Registrar General for England and Wales, Len Cook.

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