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.
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?
Inquiry into financial services long overdue as UK suffers
Labour’s public inquiry into banking and finance industry is a real chance to hold miscreants to account, says Prem Sikka.
How an ‘Inequality Tax’ could restore some fairness to Britain
In his latest Left Foot Forward column, accounting expert Prem Sikka shows why it’s time for a new tax on high pay.
BoJo will continue showering corporations with money without an economic return
Boris Johnson and some members of his cabinet have held ministerial office since 2010 and are directly responsible for the failures that have inflicted austerity and wage freezes.