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Welcome to Corporate Watch . The purpose of these pages is to alert the public to the growing power of the corporations. They finance political parties and buy out governments to advance their narrow economic interests. Corporations are not accountable to the general public and operate outside democratic politics. These pages will provide some food for thought and encourage citizens to take action to bring corporations within the domain of democratic politics.

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December 2018

Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) Scandal: UK Government Forced to Publish the Sandstorm Report
The Pin-stripe Mafia: How Accountancy Firms Destroy Societies (Free download)
New Book - Fighting Corporate Abuse : Beyond Predatory Capitalism
A Policy Paper prepared for the UK Labour Party - A Better Future for Corporate Governance: Democratising Corporations for Their Long-Term Success
A Policy paper prepared for the UK Labour Party - Controlling Executive Remuneration: Securing Fairer Distribution of Income
Unpicking the City of London's new finance sector propaganda (12 Dec 2018)
Revealed: Google's 'two-tier' workforce training document (12 Dec 2018)
Sainsbury's and Asda challenge CMA over merger (12 Dec 2018)
A $2 Trillion Pension Industry Is Being Fleeced (12 Dec 2018)
Hard Brexit could increase pension deficit by £219bn (12 Dec 2018)
UK outsourcer Amey up for sale to private equity (12 Dec 2018)
Meng Wanzhou: Canadian court frees Huawei CFO on bail (12 Dec 2018)
Manchester clothing firm lodges trademark claim against Bentley Motors (11 Dec 2018)
Amazon sackings 'follow sales data leaks' (11 Dec 2018)
Barclays lets mobile banking users block gambling and drinking (11 Dec 2018)
Why Interserve's banks do not think it is 'Carillion Mark Two' (11 Dec 2018)
Carpetright losses widen as sales fall (11 Dec 2018)
Unions to step up efforts at Amazon Australia after worker sacked (11 Dec 2018)
Outsourcing firm Interserve's shares dive by 75% despite rescue plan (10 Dec 2018)
Carlos Ghosn: Former Nissan chair charged with financial misconduct (10 Dec 2018)
Why the UK is losing its costly battle against money laundering (10 Dec 2018)
Heston Blumenthal, the tax havens and the ripped-off workers (10 Dec 2018)
Deutsche Bank reports suspicious tax transactions (10 Dec 2018)
Facebook and Google face crackdown on market power in Australia (10 Dec 2018)
Wates Principles to improve corporate governance standards among private companies (10 Dec 2018)
Value of FCA fines down 88% in a year (10 Dec 2018)
Ted Baker shareholders waver amid fresh 'serious allegations' (10 Dec 2018)
Private firms in Britain to comply with first governance code (10 Dec 2018)
Corporate governance code is 'start of a journey', not a diktat (10 Dec 2018)
Italian regulator fines Facebook £8.9m for misleading users (7 Dec 2018)
Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen 'should get substantial jail term' (7 Dec 2018)
What's going on with Huawei? (7 Dec 2018)
What's the background to the Huawei arrest that has spooked markets? (7 Dec 2018)
Huawei faces catastrophe in the technology cold war (6 Dec 2018)
UK Investor visa scheme halted in money laundering crackdown (6 Dec 2018)
Hot and cold: Thames Water blames problem leaks on the weather (6 Dec 2018)
Student rents jump as accommodation goes upmarket (6 Dec 2018)
Is the gig economy all it's cracked up to be? (6 Dec 2018)
UK betting firms back live sports advertising ban (6 Dec 2018)
Football has encouraged problem gambling too long (6 Dec 2018)
Ryanair faces legal action over refusal to compensate cancelled flights (5 Dec 2018)
HS2 and Crossrail chairman resigns (5 Dec 2018)
Deliveroo wins latest court battle over rider rights (5 Dec 2018)
Private firms are making big money out of children's social services (5 Dec 2018)
What could Thomas Cook's financial problems mean for your holiday? (5 Dec 2018)
BT bars Huawei's 5G kit from core of network (5 Dec 2018)
Executive Pay: FTSE companies named and shamed by investors (5 Dec 2018)
Panama Papers: Four Defendants Charged in Panama Papers Investigation for Their Roles in Panamanian-Based Global Law Firm’s Decades-Long Scheme to Defraud the United States (5 Dec 2018)
Money laundering clamp-down – is the City next? (5 Dec 2018)
Medical Device Maker ev3 to Plead Guilty and Pay $17.9 Million for Distributing Adulterated Device; Covidien Paid $13 Million to Resolve Civil Liability for Second Device (5 Dec 2018)
Brexit: Arron Banks firm has 'no address' (5 Dec 2018)
Food banks are not photo ops for Tory MPs, Corbyn tells May (5 Dec 2018)
Six ways to sort out sky-rocketing executive pay (3 Dec 2018)
British Gas engineers rebel against pension changes (3 Dec 2018)
Bank crisis in Italy may spark 'doom loop' for UK, warns Bank of England (3 Dec 2018)
Ireland, Sweden block plans for EU-wide digital sales tax (3 Dec 2018)
Four million British workers live in poverty, charity says (3 Dec 2018)
France and Germany abandon ambitious plans for EU digital tax (3 Dec 2018)
Call to crack down on multibillion-euro tax tricks as scandal bites (3 Dec 2018)
Netflix revenues are reportedly being probed by the UK tax authority (3 Dec 2018)
Southern Water criticised for prioritising dividends over pensions (3 Dec 2018)
Southern Water will pay £50m more into pension with accelerated payments following TPR investigation (3 Dec 2018)
Southern Water forced to fix pension fund (3 Dec 2018)
Executive Pay Is A Problem That Leaders Have To Find A Way Of Solving (3 Dec 2018)
Ted Baker staff launch petition over 'forced hugging' (3 Dec 2018)

November 2018

Ghosn's case highlights Japan's sensitivities on executive pay (30 Nov 2018)
Labour's plan for stakeholder votes on boardroom high pay might just work (30 Nov 2018)
Labour plans to give customers of big firms vote on boardroom pay (30 Nov 2018)
Women's state pension changes to get legal review (30 Nov 2018)
BT workers offered to switch to new pension scheme (30 Nov 2018)
HS2 rail chief Terry Morgan faces sack over spiralling costs (30 Nov 2018)
Mike Ashley swoops on Intu property days after House of Fraser spat (30 Nov 2018)
Emoov considers pre-pack administration (30 Nov 2018)
We shouldn't be frightened of capping executive pay (28 Nov 2018)
Business leaders attack Labour plan to curb executive pay (28 Nov 2018)
Bosses attack Labour plans to curb pay (28 Nov 2018)
How healthy are Britain's banks? (27 Nov 2018)
Labour plans to give customers of big firms vote on boardroom pay (27 Nov 2018)
Customers could vote on executive pay under new plans considered by Labour (27 Nov 2018)
Brexit deal 'will cost UK £100bn' by 2030, research suggests (26 Nov 2018)
NHS replaces highest-spend drug with £300m cheaper alternative (26 Nov 2018)
UK has weakest wage growth in advanced G20 nations, says ILO (26 Nov 2018)
Homeowners trapped by 25-year solar panel contracts (26 Nov 2018)
Disney, Huawei and EY among worst offenders in disclosing lobbying (26 Nov 2018)
Correspondent Banks in Crosshairs as Danske Case Raises Alarm (26 Nov 2018)
McDonnell calls for check on council loans that will 'waste £16bn' (26 Nov 2018)
Facebook documents seized by MPs investigating privacy breach (26 Nov 2018)
Concern grows at Tory link to US lobby firm in Facebook smear scandal (26 Nov 2018)
New ombudsman gives rail commuters a fast track for complaints (26 Nov 2018)
Leaked emails, new analysis – How Shell, Eni deprived Nigeria of $6 billion in oil revenue (26 Nov 2018)
African countries should demand loans are made in local currencies (26 Nov 2018)
Bet365 pay bonanza: Why executive pay is not a 'private' matter (25 Nov 2018)
Pension fat cats: How top bosses are raking in up to £779000 EXTRA (25 Nov 2018)
Companies abusing insolvency pre-packs, independent panel says (25 Nov 2018)
'Identity theft'? It's daylight robbery by the banks (25 Nov 2018)
Companies abusing insolvency pre-packs, independent panel says (25 Nov 2018)
Tech Tax Advocates Prepare Last-Ditch Push for EU Deal (25 Nov 2018)
Food banks fear winter crisis as universal credit is rolled out (25 Nov2018)
Ghosn used tax haven to disguise Nissan home purchases (25 Nov 2018)
Danske and the incentive problem with money laundering (25 Nov 2018)
UK Shell Companies Dragged Into Danske Laundering Limelight (25 Nov 2018)
Nissan sacks Carlos Ghosn as chairman over misconduct allegations (22 Nov 2018)
Low-paid women to be targeted in equality drive (22 Nov 2018)
Boots travel insurer faces double investigation (22 Nov 2018)
At least '320000 people homeless in Britain' (22 Nov 2018)
Fat cats: FTSE companies warned to follow pay guidelines or face investor revolts (22 Nov 2018)
Take action rather than criticise, UN poverty expert tells Rudd (22 Nov 2018)
Union drops support for DPD courier walkout after legal threat (22 Nov 2018)
Gordon Taylor: Charity watchdog to 'engage' with PFA over concerns (22 Nov 2018)
Insolvency: Johnston's pension dump highlights pre-pack perils (22 Nov 2019)
British Gas unable to mask customers' rush for the exit (22 Nov 2018)
Price cap plan for rent-to-own sector (22 Nov 2018)
Bribery and corruption in the NHS 'being underreported' (22 Nov 2018)
Fifa ethics judge arrested in Malaysia on suspicion of corruption (22 Nov 2018)
Noel Edmonds kick-starts bank battle as he enters jungle (22 Nov 2018)
Financial return on privatisation of student loans criticised (22 Nov 2018)
UK budget deficit hits three-year high in blow for Hammond (21 Nov 2018)
MP seeks probe into Lloyds CEO's handling of fraud case (21 Nov 2018)
In Britain's boardrooms, Brexit is already here. And the warning is stark (21 Nov 2018)
Fat cats: Bet365 founder paid herself an 'obscene' £265m in 2017 (21 Nov 2018)
Energy firm which serves over 100000 customers collapses (21 Nov 2018)
Extra Energy collapse is the sixth this year (21 Nov 2018)
Danske money laundering whistleblower calls UK structures a 'disgrace' (21 Nov 2018)
Berkeley Group bosses were accused of engaging in years of bribery (21 November 2018)
Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn arrested over 'misconduct' (21 Nov 2018)
Number of child gamblers quadruples in just two years (21 Nov 2018)
Patisserie Valerie auditor faces probe over alleged fraud (21 Nov 2018)
Tackling corruption starts at home – we must end tax havens in the Channel Islands (20 Nov 2018)
All eyes on the Bank's response to the threat of a disorderly Brexit (20 Nov 2018)
MPs blast banks for discriminating against tenants on benefits (20 Nov 2018)
MPs call for tribunal to bring 'misbehaving banks' to justice (20 Nov 2018)
MPs blast banks for discriminating against tenants on benefits (20 Nov 2018)
'Greenwash': oil giant under fire over plan to protect tropical forests (20 Nov 2018)
Germany lures Brexit bankers by easing labour laws (20 Nov 2018)
Nissan paid 'huge sums' for chairman Carlos Ghosn's houses in Rio, Paris, Amsterdam and Beirut (20 Nov 2018)
The corporate scandals that rocked Japan (20 Nov 2018)
ECB steps up scrutiny of banks at high risk of money laundering (20 Nov 2018)
Whistleblower reveals more players in £178bn Danske Bank scandal (20 Nov 2018)
BHP Billiton agrees A$500m Australian transfer pricing settlement (20 Nov 2018)
At last, a rail ombudsman... but will it have teeth? (20 Nov 2018)
Fat cats: Symantec execs cooked the books to protect their fat bonuses (20 Nov 2018)
Key points from UN envoy's report on poverty in Britain (16 Nov 2018)
Poverty causing 'misery' in UK, and ministers are in denial, says UN representative (16 Nov 2018)
Rip-off: EE and Virgin Media fined £13.3m for overcharging customers (16 Nov 2018)
UK banks urged to justify 'staggering' level of branch closures (16 Nov 2018)
'Staggering' number of bank branches have shut, Which? analysis shows (16 Nov 2018)
Publisher of the 'i' newspaper sets out rescue plan (16 Nov 2018)
Bankrupt Sears wants to give executives $19 million in bonuses (16 Nov 2018)
Insolvency Service to meet Frank Field over refusal to reopen BHS investigation (15 Nov 2018)
Patisserie Valerie chief executive Paul May resigns amid fraud investigation
(15 Nov 2018)
Corporate Welfare: UK's backup power subsidies are illegal, European court rules (15 Nov 2018)
Theresa May forced into embarrassing climbdown on fixed-odds betting terminals
(15 Nov 2018)
Lion Air crash victim family files lawsuit against Boeing (15 Nov 2018)
Nine out of 10 pubs in England fail to stop underage gambling (15 Nov 2018)
Helipads and airport lounges: The perks cities offered for Amazon's HQ2 (15 Nov 2018)
Addison Lee loses appeal on worker rights (14 Nov 2018)
Gambling machine climbdown means new rules go ahead in April (14 Nov 2018)