Ofwat, which is the official water regulator in England and Wales, issued a report on the financial resilience of the water companies that they regulate
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The arrival of the single party state draws ever closer
This tweet, from a member of SAGE, which advises the government on Covid, seems entirely appropriate: Tories are apt to talk about the left ‘no
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Boris Johnson is officially a liar
For the first time in decades yesterday the Speaker of the House of Commons permitted one member to describe another as a liar without the
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‘Leave the rich alone’ is now official government policy
Over the last couple of years the pretty lame Office for Tax Simplification has made a range of recommendations for the reform of capital gains
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How wrong do KPMG have to be before they are sanctioned?
As the FT reports in an email this morning: An obvious question follows on from that. If misconduct is a polite euphemism for wrongdoing –
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Corporate Accountability Network Audit Briefing – Who are the stakeholders of public interest entities?
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
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Normal service will be resumed
Please accept my apologies for very limited blogging this morning. My internet connection appears to be intermittent at best this morning, and often non-existent. I
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Looking for a C change
In a blog post this morning I called for politics based on care, community, cooperation, coordination, and conviviality. In response, a commentator has suggested to
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Covid demands that we have a new politics embracing care, community, cooperation, coordination, and conviviality
Just suppose for a moment that we had politicians with the sense to realise that COVID is not over, and that omicron is just one
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