These Tory ‘free port’ plans are just another handout to corporations and tax dodgers
As the new Chancellor Rishi Sunak (pictured) prepares to roll out up to ten new so-called ‘free ports’, Prof Prem Sikka breaks apart the arguments behind them.
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Prof Prem Sikka: The insolvency regulator is in bed with the industry
Workers and taxpayer lose out as usual.
Prem Sikka: Excessive dividends are strangling the UK economy
Companies aren’t investing because they feel pressure to pay dividends instead.
Why didn’t auditors spot Ted Baker’s overstated inventory?
Another accounting failure.
Prem Sikka: The British media are failing in their duty to hold Big Finance to account
Skewed reporting of finance and politics more generally is a matter of deliberate choice, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
Prof Prem Sikka: The Carillion collapse was followed by promises of reforms, but more avoidable scandals are inevitable
Little has changed since Carillion went into liquidation two years ago
Prof Prem Sikka: Executive pay is out of control. What do we do about it?
UK company executives have collected more in remuneration in over the first three working days of the year than the amount received by average worker during the whole year.
This is the state of our economy after a decade of Tory rule
Successive right-wing governments have badly hurt our economy. What’s next?
On Thursday, we have the chance to bring the era of gross inequality to an end
Prof Prem Sikka looks at how Labour would tackle the yawning chasm between rich and poor in Britain.
Prem Sikka: The Tories don’t care about eradicating poverty
We need a new economic model to end destitution in Britain.