Tax Research UK was one of 127 signatories to this statement, issued yesterday: This statement, signed by 127 leading transparency, anti-corruption, journalist and open data
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Johnson is now using the war in Ukraine to put off action on climate change
The Times has reported this morning that: Boris Johnson believes the West should be given a “climate change pass” to help wean the EU off
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A political commitment to transparency has to be our reaction to this war. Our contribution to ‘never again’, if you like.
I have just posted this thread on Twitter: To pretend that the world is anything like that we lived in two or so weeks ago.
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If the Economic Crimes Bill is to be meaningful it has to make UK professionals responsible for what they are doing
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill 2022 will be debated by the Commons on Monday, with the aim that it passes in a day. The
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The minimum level of business disclosure that we need in the UK if we are to beat dirty money
Yesterday afternoon I made the mistake of watching Kwan’s Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, announce in the House of Commons what he claimed to be the
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We too totter on the brink of oppression. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
We have lived through a weekend where, I think to many people’s surprise, Kiev did not fall. Instead, Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion appears
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Pecunia Non Olet: The Londongrad Laundromat Reprieved
I post this article by John Warren, who is a regular commentator on his blog, with permission of John and the editor of Bella Caledonia,
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What should sanctions look like?
Boris Johnson announced sanctions against Russia yesterday in response to its invasion of Ukraine that made him and his government looked like a laughingstock. Five
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The Tories have taken us to a place where those who cannot afford Covid healthcare are simply abandoned to their fate
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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