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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionCan the new Economic Crime Bill really tackle the UK’s dirty money problem?
From Russian money laundering to a fraud epidemic, economic crime costs the UK at least £290bn a year. The...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhile ‘beergate’ dominates headlines, UK politics quietly changes forever
The pundits of London’s metropolitan media are focused on Keir Starmer’s curry. But they’re all missing the bigger story
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Published in: Home: NewsExclusive: More London children speak out about horrific police strip searches
Young people and youth workers will picket a Hackney police station over the ‘state-sanctioned sexual assault’ of...
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Published in: Home: NewsRate of unsolved killings of Black and Asian people has trebled under Dick
Exclusive: Metropolitan Police accused of institutional racism as homicide cases with Black or Asian victims are...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: Russian army’s football club channelling cash through London
Sanctioned CSKA Moscow is chaired by Putin’s personal adviser, but a significant stake in the club is still owned by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionI covered Stephen Port’s murders. I know Cressida Dick’s departure isn’t enough
As a gay journalist, I connected the dots on the killings before the Met Police did – and was intimidated by police...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLondon is a ‘magnet for dirty money’, says UK government’s anti-corruption tsar
The Conservative MP writes today on openDemocracy that urgent action is needed to stop ‘growing’ levels of fraud
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRevealed: The tax avoider’s secret weapon
The Pandora Papers show how the tax industry uses ‘special purpose vehicles’ to avoid stamp duty – despite repeated...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsLondon Stock Exchange under fire for financing Belarusian dictator
Exclusive: MPs call on British government to act over $1.25bn Belarusian bonds issued in London, demand review City...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCool it, Cleese
An open letter to John Cleese on London, Brexit and Englishness.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon - the most English of cities?
London is often seen as separate and aloof from England. But there’s a more complex story about its culture, which...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThink Anew, Act Anew: a Convention on Brexit and a People's Vote
An emergency, public gathering in London will take place this Friday ahead of the big parliamentary debate on the UK...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSave Ridley Road – how the community is fighting back against faceless developers
Whilst the media bemoans the ‘death of the high street’, across London, investors are trying to drive out the kind...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK7 ways the ‘Finance Curse’ harms the UK – how can we lift it?
The City of London is a huge drag on the UK’s real economy. But we can – and must – lift the 'Finance Curse'.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard under fire (again) over lucrative Uber deal
Exclusive: Politicians call on UK advertising watchdog to investigate paid-for content dressed up as news at...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOpinion: George Osborne’s real ‘Future London’ is a crass exercise that readers won’t swallow
Someone needs to tell Osborne that Londoners are not mugs. The rebrand of his controversial deal with Uber, Google...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard launches delayed ‘money-can’t-buy’ campaign – with more controversial partners
Private healthcare firm and a French conglomerate with a record of lawsuits against media join Uber, Google and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard delays controversial Uber, Google deal
In the wake of ‘cash for column inches’ scandal and calls for Osborne to resign, newspaper denies that £3 million...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOsborne’s Evening Standard ‘cash for column inches’ denials ‘do not stack up’ – says Caroline Lucas
Green Party leader calls on London paper to ‘come clean’ about its hidden commercial agendas – citing another...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEveryday Lexiteers - an interview
"The European Union is inherently racist, unchanging, technocratic and oppressive. Nothing makes any of those things...