Carillion could be the spur to radically reform company law. Here’s what’s at stake
Parliament will grill Carillion bosses tomorrow – they may use the opportunity to look at corporate law overall.
Prem Sikka
The Carillion scandal shows it’s time to end the stitch-up of ‘commercial sensitivity’
To spot disasters before they occur, we need to reform our laws on corporate confidentiality.
The role of accountancy firms in Carillion’s collapse is bigger than we thought
Serious questions need to be asked over the Big Four’s advice to Carillion as a crisis brewed.
Here’s why the Carillion scandal will last for decades
There is little chance of any speedy conclusion to the Carillion scandal: The liquidation will probably run for a decade or more and is likely to generate millions in fees for accountants and lawyers.
Carillion was in dire financial trouble. Why did the government keep awarding it contracts?
The Tories and the company’s auditors have massive questions to answer.
To avoid more collapses like Carillion, put workers on company boards
It’s board had no employees or other stakeholders on it, who might have raised red flags about the company’s activities.
To transform our society we need to radically reform the language of business
We need a new vocabulary of commerce that recognises the role of workers and society in business, not simply profit.
Here are 10 steps to reverse inequality in the UK in 2018
Corporate pay at the top continues to skyrocket whilst average wages stagnate. Let’s do something about it.
Raising the state pension age is regressive class politics – the Tories have no excuse for it
Forcing people to retire later is class politics dressed up as economic policy.
The government’s latest cure for financial economic crime is another placebo
The government launched a new agency for tackling financial crime today. It will make little or no difference though. Here’s why.