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29.03.25

The Enablers

HMRC prosecutions of tax evasion enablers plummet

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

01.03.25

Environment

JPMorgan investing ‘sustainable’ funds in mining giant Glencore

World’s biggest bank has used ESG funds to funnel quarter of a billion dollars to company causing devastation in South Africa

31.01.25

Environment

Diseased chicken entered UK after post-Brexit delays to border checks

British consumers were exposed to drug-resistant salmonella because new protocols took years to come into force

07.12.24

Trans+ Voices

Trans+ people finding it harder to access ‘lifesaving’ treatment

Reports of treatment being refused or withdrawn are on the rise – and no official figures exist to track the issue

27.09.24

Environment

Cargill cows contaminated with vital antibiotics

Cattle slaughtered at Cargill meat-packing plants tested positive for traces of some of the most important drugs for human health

01.07.24

Big Tobacco

Science for sale: Philip Morris’s web of payments to fund tobacco research

Whistleblower lifts the lid on tactics used by tobacco giant to push its flagship product

16.06.24

The Enablers

HMRC fines zero ‘enablers’ of offshore tax evasion in five years

Experts say authority is failing to punish the architects of tax-dodging schemes while aggressively pursuing their clients

11.05.24

Trapped in work

‘One hell to another’: Thousands of care workers risk deportation after employers breach rules

Migrant workers left scrambling for a new sponsor due to nature of government visa scheme

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs building, Great George Street side, Parliament Square, Westminster, London

18.02.24

The Enablers

HMRC fraud team’s civil inquiries fall by half over five years

Number of cases formally opened also declines by a quarter

25.01.24

Health

‘The response defies belief’: year of inaction leaves children at risk from bad cancer drugs

No proven ‘issues of concern’, insists WHO as substandard medicines remain on sale around the world

20.01.24

The Enablers

Not a single company charged with tax evasion under stronger HMRC powers

Six years after the Criminal Finances Act 2017 introduced new stricter measures for those who facilitate tax evasion, no cases have reached court

A farm worker picks strawberries in a poly tunnel at a UK farm

26.10.23

Trapped in work

Watchdog criticises Home Office for dropping farm worker visa review

The government has confirmed it will not publish a promised review despite calls from non-profits, academics and its own independent inspector

23.10.23

Environment

£4bn in UK public pensions funding North Sea oil giants drilling new wells

Public sector workers in the UK are inadvertently funding companies drilling new oil wells in the North Sea

22.10.23

Trapped in work

‘All that is missing is a whip’: Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

Inspectors heard hundreds of allegations of threats, wage theft, racism and appalling conditions from seasonal workers at farms across the UK, but nothing was done

Gemma Carter with her daughter in the kitchen

16.12.22

Health Inequality

Thousands of vulnerable people cut off from gas and electricity for days at a time

Stark figures of those forced to 'self-disconnect' only paint fraction of the picture as cost-of-living crisis takes hold

29.11.22

Local Power

Thurrock council reveals £500m black hole caused by ruinous business deals

Series of catastrophic investments has left Thurrock with biggest deficit ever recorded by UK local authority

19.10.22

Local Power

Thurrock council ordered to disclose details of 'dodgy deals' worth £1bn

Tribunal decision comes after three-year battle by the council to maintain secrecy over its public investments

15.09.22

Local Power

Chaos as Thurrock council tries to deal with backlash of investment scandal

The Bureau has raised serious questions over where £138 million of public money has gone

02.09.22

Local Power

Government steps in to inspect ‘grave concerns’ over council finances

A three-year investigation by the Bureau revealed apparent gaping holes in investments made by Thurrock council that threaten to cost the public hundreds of millions of pounds

15.07.22

Local Power

His companies made a deal for £138m of taxpayers’ money. Where has it gone?

A three-year investigation by the Bureau, hampered at virtually every stage by Thurrock council, can reveal apparent gaping holes in investments that threaten to cost the public hundreds of millions o...

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