“A slow-motion emergency”: inside Britain’s failing police forces
Incompetent, corrupt, outdated: policing needs revolution not reform.
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How the UK gave up on policing fraud
Fraud is now endemic, accounting for 40 per cent of crime, but only a tiny minority of cases are ever…
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Whatever the police conclude, the damage to the SNP has already been done
It’s quite something that the only two SNP first ministers in history have both found themselves caught up in criminal…
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ITV’s Malpractice is preposterous – but so gripping, you won’t mind
This series from the makers of Line of Duty is set in a Yorkshire hospital – and follows drugs, corruption…
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Steve Barclay brought a private healthcare lobbyist into government
Lionel Zetter continued to hold two roles in the private sector while working for Barclay in the Cabinet Office and…
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Who cares about Tory expenses?
Labour’s scoop hasn't just fallen flat – it has backfired.
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Will Zelensky’s anti-corruption drive help Ukraine join the EU?
Public opinion and Kyiv’s international partners are demanding action on graft in the country.
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After the earthquake, the rage in Turkey is greater than the pain
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has undermined the country’s response.
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The unstoppable rise of football’s nepo babies
Even the game’s players are becoming an oligarchy.
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Qatar are the real winners of the World Cup
Despite the migrant deaths, the homophobic laws, the alleged corruption, in the end football trumped everything.
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How Companies House became a haven for oligarchs
More than one in ten LLPs incorporated in the UK share “almost identical” features to shell companies used for serious…
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Has the UK gone cold on Russian sanctions?
Six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, enthusiasm for the economic war on Putin is hard to find.
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Kleptocracy isn’t just a Russian problem
The West’s enabling of international oligarchy needs to stop now – and it extends far beyond London.
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Angela Rayner seeks to fix a familiar problem with her big speech on corruption
Labour’s deputy leader tried to move the party from arguing for a policy position to a policy principle.
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How a Hezbollah-backed game show host cost Lebanon its rich Gulf allies
George Kordahi’s remarks enraged the Saudis, and ordinary Lebanese are paying the price.
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Tories fear the corruption scandal has cut through to voters. It’s worse than they think
The absence of any great political project might prove to be a bigger problem at the next election for the…
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What Boris Johnson’s insistence that the UK is not a “corrupt country” reveals
The UK Prime Minister likely fears the fallout from the Owen Paterson fiasco could damage his reputation internationally.
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How much trouble will the revelations over Geoffrey Cox’s second job cause Boris Johnson?
A video has emerged in which the former attorney general appears to be using his parliamentary office to conduct his…
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Why the “Tory sleaze” scandal isn’t going away
Despite Boris Johnson’s best efforts to ignore the story, more and more Conservative MPs are coming under scrutiny for their…
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How the Owen Paterson scandal reduced the Conservatives’ poll lead
Ben Walker joins the New Statesman Podcast team for a monthly look at the polls.