Margaret Hodge: ‘Close the loopholes that let dirty Russian money breeze into Britain’
The suspicious death of the anti-corruption campaigner Alexi Navalny is yet another reminder that Russia is ruled by a criminal elite willing to resort to murder when their power is challenged. Navalny exposed their greed and corruption, and for that he paid with his life. Navalny also shone a spotlight on the flow of Russian […]
Parliamentary Clip – MPs respond to Kwarteng’s Mini Budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has unveiled the biggest package of tax cuts in 50 years. He said that this would be a “new era” for the UK economy. Income tax and the stamp duty on home purchases will be cut and planned rises in business taxes have been scrapped. Kwarteng scrapped Boris Johnson’s previous plans to […]
Sadiq Khan launches review into controversial ‘Garden Bridge’
Future of controversial footbridge hangs in the balance
PwC promoting tax avoidance ‘on an industrial scale’
Firms told to funnel profits to Luxemburg to escape paying tax
How the cult of the free market sabotaged our public services
The evidence is clear: private firms in public services offer poor value for money. When will we get over our faith in the private sector?
Running on fumes: Iain Duncan Smith’s universal credit ‘throwing good money after bad’
Iain Duncan Smith’s faith in universal credit’s ability to deliver value for money just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
How the Home Office, Serco and G4S catastrophically mishandled asylum contracts
Indifference and incompetence typify the reform of asylum seeker housing
Buying whistleblowers’ silence: ‘Gagging clauses’ exposed
Staff concerns about patient and child safety are being covered up by confidentiality clauses
BBC cronyism: MPs condemn excessive pay-offs
One-hundred-and-fifty senior managers received a total of £25 million in pay-offs with some receiving “sweeteners” that went well beyond what they were contractually entitled to.
HS2 case based on ‘absurd’ assumptions, MPs warn
The government’s case for the £50 billion HS2 high-speed rail line is based on “absurd” assumptions that “do not reflect real life”, a committee of MPs has warned.
