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Prem Sikka

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

Why the Economic Crime Bill is unlikely to make a difference in stopping the flow of dirty money

Prem Sikka
11 March, 2022

‘The UK government has been forced to act on the flow of dirty money into property. The Bill is a token gesture and is unlikely to make a significant difference to the flow of dirty money into the UK property market.’

A failure to tame corporate power has been a disaster for society

Prem Sikka
4 March, 2022

‘We live in a world dominated by corporations who control the supply of food, water, medicines, energy, transport, savings, pensions, deadly weapons and most other things.’

Polling station sign

Prof Prem Sikka: The Elections Bill is another step towards fascism

Prem Sikka
25 February, 2022

The majority of the poor and the disabled rarely vote for the ruling Conservative party. So the Bill makes it difficult for them to vote

The UK’s scandal-ridden finance industry is no model for sustainable economic development

Prem Sikka
18 February, 2022

‘The City of London has never been a model for any kind of responsible conduct. It has looted people’s savings, investments, and pensions for decades.’

Boris Johnson speaking at a desk

The UK is on the road to an elected dictatorship

Prem Sikka
11 February, 2022

Professor Prem Sikka looks at the government’s latest power grab

The energy price crisis is also down to the UK’s obsession with privatisation

Prem Sikka
4 February, 2022

This week Shell reported that its profits have increased from $4.85bn to $19.3bn as rising energy prices have filled its coffers.

Levelling up

Prof Prem Sikka: The government is plumbing to new depths of waste, incompetence and fraud

Prem Sikka
2 February, 2022

‘The latest evidence of incompetence is in the annual report and accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care for the period ended 31 March 2021.’

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

The UK is more corrupt than what most people think

Prem Sikka
28 January, 2022

‘The corruption takes different forms and always leaves innocent people worse-off, but there is no end in sight.’

UK was not fully prepared for the Covid pandemic

The UK government’s economic policies have also contributed to the Covid death toll

Prem Sikka
21 January, 2022

‘A public inquiry needs to go deeper and consider the effects of government economic policies, corporate profiteering and low pay on daily life.’

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

Accounting firms are at the heart of corruption in the UK

Prem Sikka
14 January, 2022

‘Accounting firms have been doing audits for over a century, but still can’t deliver robust and honest audits.’

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