As FA chairman at time of rule breaches says club got off lightly, we take closer look at £47m secret payments that helped secure star players such as Eden Hazard

Whitehall departments spent seven-figure sum on legal fees to fight Freedom of Information requests

Moves to tighten system likely to be met with resistance from campaigners

Penalties from the FCA drop by 78% in five years as it prepares to take on a new role as 'super-regulator'

Campaigners slam ‘broken’ complaints system as corruption probes by the watchdog hit alarming lows

The files’ shocking details read like an extreme expression of the sexism that many of us are familiar with

Claire Gill understood to be facing tribunal over letter attempting to silence victim of a huge fraud scheme, as reported by TBIJ

Mark Bridges worked for ‘butcher of Hama’ while advising the British monarch

Exclusive: Mark Bridges of Farrer & Co was trustee for Rifaat al-Assad, who was charged with war crimes in 2024 Queen Elizabeth II’s private solicitor spent eight years helping to manage the offshore wealth of the uncle of the recently deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, an investigation has established. Rifaat al-Assad became known as the “butcher of Hama” after allegations he played a key role in a massacre of thousands of Syrians at the city of Hama in 1982. In 2024, Switzerland formally charged him with war crimes. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Mark Bridges of Farrer & Co was trustee for Rifaat al-Assad, later charged with war crimes in 2024

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Legal actions against facilitators stand at next to nothing – and new figures differ wildly from those previously given

The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition wrote to the SRA seeking answers to a number of outstanding questions regarding its decision-making process as it relates to SLAPPs after it discontinued Eliot Higgins' com...

Some of firms providing meals and tickets also among those to secure most meetings in key departments

Huge debts, few checks and balances and a culture of denial led Spelthorne council to financial meltdown, just like a similar disaster in nearby Thurrock

This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Today the UK Government has announced plans to open up the Land Registry – which, if delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wale…

Data analysing deaths of all 2,000 women killed by men since 2009 reveals hidden scourge of matricide

The Treasury Department is announcing today that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership informati...

The oligarch’s scheme to skirt taxes on his boats was enterprising, elaborate – and illegal. Here’s how it worked

Editorial: Dread of losing voters to Reform UK is driving the government into a familiar political trap

If overseas territories refuse to implement meaningful corporate transparency reforms, we must use our powers to ensure they do

The US walked out alone from an overwhelmingly positive kick off to the UN tax negotiations yesterday, after failing to rally any other country to answer its plea to join a walkout.1 Following an open...

MPs write to premier over BVI proposals for new register of who owns firms registered on islands

The party’s fundraising chief, is said to have scuppered the proposal, due to have been announced while it was in opposition

Starmer’s drive to cut red tape could unleash a new wave of dirty money and corporate bad behaviour, writes Spotlight on Corruption’s Sue Hawley.

Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

Μonthly podcast show sizzling with the latest developments in the corrupt world of tax havens, financial secrecy and tax dodging.

A group of MPs is urging an investigation into £1bn that could be owed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Joe Powell and Iain Duncan Smith call for government probe following revelations by TBIJ

Cross-party group on tax calls for HMRC to act after Guardian investigation finds former Chelsea owner may owe up to £1bn

Leaked documents suggest oligarch's billions were managed from UK, undermining offshore tax avoidance plan

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich dodged millions of pounds in VAT on his superyachts.

Leaked documents suggest oligarch's billions were managed from UK, undermining offshore tax avoidance plan