Baroness Jones: Why we need to talk about the bigger picture of government corruption and rule breaking
‘The system of self-regulation that monitors political standards in public life has failed’
‘The system of self-regulation that monitors political standards in public life has failed’
The proposed Bill is part of gesture politics. It will do little, if anything, to improve audit quality.
‘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.’
‘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.’
The scandal of the Prime Minister’s lockdown rule breaking continues to show that those in charge of the government do not believe the same rules apply to them. Westminster is still waiting for the Damocles Sword that is the Suetest
‘The corruption takes different forms and always leaves innocent people worse-off, but there is no end in sight.’
‘Between July 2019 and March last year, Ministers had 63 meetings with fossil fuel and bio-mass producers.’
‘Accounting firms have been doing audits for over a century, but still can’t deliver robust and honest audits.’
The government’s controversial use of a ‘VIP lane’ for awarding two PPE contracts has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.
54% of those asked think the UK government is corrupt, compared to 26% who think the government is not corrupt