Articles
UK tolerating secret tax havens
08 Apr 2016
The ‘Panama Papers’, documents leaked to the investigative journalists, show that the British Virgin Islands is the most popular location for banks and law firms to facilitate corrupt and criminal business. The UK is second only…
A call for better-quality early learning
08 Apr 2016
Last October Channel 4 aired a documentary on ‘The Secret Life of Four Year Olds’; four is the age most crucial in a child’s development as they cross the threshold from family life into school. The…
A British father was banned from taking his son to church after the boy's Muslim mother won a court order at Derby Crown Court preventing the boy from attending. The father, a non-practising Muslim, has close…
Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) will monitor the case of a British father held in Ethiopia, among other cases, amid concerns that the government has lessened its commitment to ending human rights abuses abroad. The FAC…
A world of hidden wealth
08 Apr 2016
The biggest data leak in history, detailing the activities of 200,000+ offshore companies, charts an escalating transfer of wealth by the offshore system from the poorest to the richest nations. Money that funds superyachts, private jets,…
Israel’s military edge in peril
08 Apr 2016
Brigadier General Tal Kalman, chief of staff of the Israeli air force, warned that weapons flowing into the region could shift the balance of power away from Israel, hinting at growing Iranian hegemony without naming the…