Margaret Hodge named anti-corruption champion The Government has appointed an anti-corruption champion as it seeks to make UK a ‘hostile environment for the corrupt and their ill-gotten gains’. Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024
Margaret Hodge named new anti-corruption champion The Labour peer will work with Parliament, the private sector and civil society to target corruption and organised crime. Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024
The Guardian view on Labour and the tax gap: a £5bn question for a coterie of insiders Editorial: Among the party’s experts on tax avoidance is a former City lawyer who wrote that ‘taxation is legalised extortion’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024
Margaret Hodge urges PwC to show it is not using global structure to aid illicit financial flows Labour MP makes call after branches’ role highlighted in Cyprus Confidential and other investigations The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023
UK to remain global centre of ‘dirty money’ without offshore registers, MPs say MPs say plans for corporate public ownership disclosure in Britain’s overseas territories must be revived The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023
Tory donor accused of ‘bribery and blackmail’ by Conservative grandee David Davis accused Mohamed Amersi of corruption - prompting the furious Tory donor to label the former cabinet minister a ‘coward’ and ‘a liar’ The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023
Tories told to launch investigation as major donor named in money-laundering case Tycoon Javad Marandi donated over half a million pounds to the Tories between 2019 and 2020 while Boris Johnson was leader, Electoral Commission records show Daily Mirror · May 16, 2023
Bid to increase fee for setting up a company by 700% fails Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge accused the Government of ‘kicking the can down the road’ on economic crime. The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022