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Ex-Serious Fraud Office chief Sir David Green KC says he is “depressed” about the apparent downgrading of the role
Barney Cullum argues that Sudan’s corruption-fuelled civil war has a large cast of enablers, including British businesses, undermining the health of the nation
The real ‘one per cent’ are those voters who still trust the Prime Minister, reports Adam Bienkov
The Labour leader’s decision to make restoring trust in public life the centre piece of his election campaign, raises questions about his own record
New legislation designed to limit the activities of Russian oligarchs seems to be more honoured in the breach than the observance
Byline Times has been unravelling the dealings behind the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the UK since the very early days of the pandemic. Here’s what we learnt – and what we still need answers to…
A lawyer acting for the lawyer of Baroness Michelle Mone told Byline Times it would be defamatory to suggest David McKie ‘knowingly represented a false position’
A film about the PPE scandal did not declare to some contributors it was being funded by a company that won £203 million in Government PPE contracts
The lax management of the UK companies register allows fake businesses to proliferate
A new parliamentary report reveals that, apart from the £16.4 billion estimated tax and benefit fraud found by the National Audit Office last year, ministers have no idea about the level of fraud in the rest of government
A majority of voters believe corruption in the UK Government has got worse in recent years, according to our exclusive new poll
Sunak’s Government is throwing out plans to get dirty money out of the UK
Labour’s Deputy Leader made a welcome pledge to end the ‘good chaps’ approach to Government, which allowed sleaze and corruption to persist under the Conservatives.
The phoney war is over – Prince Harry’s phone-hacking wars have begun, reports Dan Evans
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
Witness statements on behalf of the claimants against Associated News plunge us straight back into what Gordon Brown once described as the ‘criminal media nexus’
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp’s hidden involvement in arranging a £800,000 loan for the former PM exposes the gilded upper circles of politics and media in the UK, writes Adam Bienkov
The stark drop in Britain’s score is driven by an increased perception of corruption in public office from business executives and experts
The French President is facing allegations of corruption over his relationship with US consultancy firm McKinsey, which in turn is increasingly embedded in the British state
David Hencke reports on the Commons Committee which proposes wholesale reform of the ‘toothless’ regulators supposed to safeguard propriety in public office
Joe Walsh explores how the reality of the 2010 World Cup hasn’t matched the hype
The whiff that lingered at the announcement that Qatar would host the 2022 tournament has never faded, writes Gary Gowers
Nafeez Ahmed investigates Jacob Rees-Mogg’s relationship with his former hedge-fund mentor and political donor Robin Crispin Odey
Peers have expressed alarm about the Government’s approach to one of its flagship post-Brexit trade deals, reports David Hencke