Like many I am grateful to the Guardian newspaper for its work on Cambridge Analytica. Its expose of the use of data trawled from Facebook
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Putin is waging existential warfare
Not for the first time in history Russia is exposing tensions in the west. I make the point in that way deliberately. Stand back for
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The sad fact is that professional ethics are not enough to make accountants comply with the law
Two reports have come to my attention that highlight just how the world really sees the accountancy profession. The first was from Reuters, yesterday and
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The £50 note: will all depositors be traced now it’s recognised most are used in the shadow economy?
The FT has noted a consultation announced by the Treasury yesterday, saying: The Treasury asked on Tuesday if the current mix of eight coins and
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To Russia, with love
There is much discussion about what can really be done by the UK that might harm Russian interests. Theresa May has backed herself into a
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Welcome to tax haven UK, where the lawyers don’t bother to comply with the law
As the FT notes this morning: Lawyers are being urged to do more to reduce the risk of money laundering in the UK as the
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The government really is aiding and abetting money laundering by its lax approach to company incorporation
Last December I wrote a blog post suggesting that the government was aiding and abetting money laundering by letting UK based companies be incorporated direct
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Where is the ministerial backlash against Barclays because they have been charged with criminal offences?
News broke yesterday that Barclays Bank is to be charged with criminal offences. I stress, not the directors or some names individual, but the Bank
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When the wealthy find it pays them to support kleptocrats that’s exactly what they do
I would like a world where there was no need for development aid. To say so is not to come over all Daily Express /
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