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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

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 secretary, wrote in a letter ...

23 Apr 2023 at 19:19

‘I wouldn’t be an MP if I had my kids now’, says Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips would not have gone on to sit in Parliament if she was having children now thanks to steeper challenges faced by new parents, the Labour MP has said. The former shadow minister told an event in London that the erosion of support ...

20 Feb 2024 at 13:16

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 with economic crime – more ...

26 Jan 2024 at 00:01

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

New economic crime clampdown ‘just smoke and mirrors’ – Hodge

The Government has a launched a new three-year plan to crack down on money laundering and economic crime. However, it has faced accusations by opposition MPs that the delayed strategy is “just smoke and mirrors” and lacks necessary ...

30 Mar 2023 at 14:59

Campaigners demand action on money laundering as Overseas Territories meet

Anti-corruption campaigners have called for the Government to do more to tackle financial crime in the UK’s Overseas Territories ahead of a key meeting this week. Senior representatives from Britain’s Overseas Territories are due ...

14 Nov 2023 at 09:02

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 ...

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 ...

15 Nov 2022 at 14:38

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” ...

01 Feb 2023 at 16:37

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 ...

01 Feb 2023 at 14:37

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, suggested Mr ...

14 Nov 2024 at 19:16

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