The Tories have taken us to a place where those who cannot afford Covid healthcare are simply abandoned to their fate

Posted on February 22 2022

Boris Johnson’s press conference concerning his Covid plan was a staggering debacle yesterday. First, there is as such no plan. All that is actually happening
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Corporate Accountability Network Audit Briefing: The Provocations – Issues to be considered when appraising the government’s next suggestions for audit reform

Posted on February 22 2022

As I have noted previously on this blog, the Corporate Accountability Network, which I direct, is publishing a series of Audit Briefings that discuss the need for
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Is today one where everything changes?

Posted on February 22 2022

Putin has his troops on what most countries think to be Ukrainian soil this morning. Talk of sanctions is in the air. The fear as
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The government is seeking to undermine the Electoral Commission – and so fair elections in the UK – according to the Electoral Commission

Posted on February 21 2022

This extraordinary mail has been sent by all but one the Electoral Commissioners to the government today (I added the highlight in the main body
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Inflation is not here to stay

Posted on February 21 2022

As the Guardian notes this morning: One in five nearly-new cars are now selling at more than their brand-new equivalents, as disruption to supply chains
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The major oil companies are planning $38 billion of share buybacks. A tax of the same sum on them might be required in that case.

Posted on February 21 2022

As the FT notes this morning: The seven supermajors — including BP, Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron — are poised to return $38bn to shareholders through
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The UK has been corrupted and accountants, lawyers and bankers are to blame

Posted on February 21 2022

Andrew Rawnsley wrote this in The Observer yesterday: Once upon a time, Britons would have been astonished and appalled to find scandal simultaneously bespoiling their
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Credit Suisse: what we need to know is whether there are problems now so that the corruption threat we face today can be eliminated

Posted on February 21 2022

The Guardian and other newspapers around the world are going to town this m morning on the fact that they have another leak from banks
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We need a war on the corruption that lets world leaders think they can claim assets illicitly

Posted on February 20 2022

I have just Tweeted this thread: There is talk of war this morning. A thread…. Putin clearly agreed to take no action against Ukraine during
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