Prem Sikka: How companies use debt to line their pockets
Corporate debt and greed are going to sink the British economy, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
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What BHS, Carillion and Thomas Cook have in common – and why this government review should worry everyone
Now isn’t the time to cosy up to failing audit companies.
Government deregulation is delivering social cleansing and slums of the future
Local councils cannot manage due to “social dumping”.
There’s a grimly familiar story behind Thomas Cook’s collapse
The holiday provider’s collapse highlights corporate governance and regulatory failures, says Prem Sikka.
Right-wing economics has turned our high streets into deserts
It’s no wonder our high streets are closing down, writes Prem Sikka.
Authoritarian populism threatens to destroy UK democracy
The PM’s adviser has been held in contempt of parliament – they don’t care about democracy.
Prem Sikka: There’s a paradox at the heart of the Brexit debate
Brexit can’t square the circle of globalisation, national sovereignty and democracy.
The Eddie Stobart accounting scandal again shows the need for reform
Auditors are lapdogs not watchdogs.
What does the ‘free market’ really mean?
Nothing excites neoliberals like the notion of a free market. But they’re fans of the state when it’s convenient…
Tory insolvency reforms are gesture politics. They won’t curb tax abuse
Why are corporate vultures free to take most of the pickings from bankrupt businesses?