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MPs call for bank chiefs to face jail if they fail to stop money laundering

Bank bosses should face jail if they fail to prevent money laundering, a cross-party group of MPs has said. Launching a manifesto to tackle economic crime, members of parliamentary groups on anti-corruption and fair business banking warned that ...

12 May 2022 at 13:55

MPs push for new law to stop promoters of tax dodging getting away ‘scot free’

Anti-corruption campaigners in Parliament are planning to push for a new law that would make it easier to prosecute enablers of “egregious tax avoidance”. The cross-party group, led by Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge, is planning to table an ...

21 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Bid to increase fee for setting up a company by 700% fails

The Government has been accused of a “dereliction of duty” after blocking a bid by Labour to raise the cost of setting up a company in the UK. The opposition had proposed increasing the fee charged by Companies House for registering a new ...

15 Nov 2022 at 14:38

Senior Tories push for tougher laws on fraud and money laundering

Senior Conservatives are pushing for tougher laws to combat fraud and money laundering in what could be another challenge from the Government’s backbenches. A group of MPs led by former justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland has proposed ...

20 Jan 2023 at 18:11

Starmer condemns Labour MP’s description of Israeli government as ‘fascist’

Starmer condemns Labour MP’s description of the Israeli government as ‘fascist’

Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman has condemned Labour MP Kim Johnson’s description of the Israeli government as “fascist”. It is understood that the party’s chief whip will speak to her about her controversial language during Prime ...

01 Feb 2023 at 14:37

Labour MP apologises for describing Israeli government as ‘fascist’

A Labour MP condemned for describing the Israeli government as “fascist” has apologised for her “intemperate” language. Kim Johnson was criticised by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman for her “unacceptable” remarks ...

01 Feb 2023 at 16:37

Champion paralympic medallist urges MPs to reconsider assisted dying support

A Paralympic champion has pleaded with MPs to reject proposed legislation on assisted dying, backing a report that calls the move a slippery slope. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time gold medallist, warned changing ...

17 Nov 2024 at 12:08

Diane Abbott has Labour whip suspended after comments on ‘white racism’

Diane Abbott has had the Labour whip suspended after comments she made suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism “all their lives”. Ms Abbott, who served as Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow home ...

23 Apr 2023 at 19:19

Public more likely to link economic crime to politicians than oligarchs – poll

More than half the public associate politicians with economic crime, a poll of more than 6,000 people has found. The poll found 54.8% of people listed politicians as one of the three groups they most associated ...

26 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Margaret Hodge named anti-corruption champion

Labour peer Dame Margaret Hodge has been appointed anti-corruption champion as the Government seeks to stem the flow of dirty money. Her appointment came as the Foreign Secretary announced up to £36 million in ...

09 Dec 2024 at 14:55

Hodge: It is a bit daft of Streeting to suggest assisted dying will cost NHS

A former Labour minister has said it is a “bit daft” of Health Secretary Wes Streeting to suggest a new assisted dying law would cost the NHS more. Margaret Hodge, who now sits in the House of Lords, ...

14 Nov 2024 at 19:16

Wes Streeting faces pushback from senior Labour figures over assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is facing pushback from senior Labour figures over his stance on assisted dying. Mr Streeting, who is voting against the assisted dying Bill, has suggested it would ...

14 Nov 2024 at 21:33

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