LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The House of Commons has passed a new Economic Crime Bill to strengthen the government’s authority to target Russian oligarchs. On Monday evening, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill received an unchallenged third reading and will
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The UK is planning to open a new humanitarian route to the country for Ukrainian refugees, has been denied by a Foreign Minister, confirming that so far, just 50 people have been given visas. The minister for
KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Sergei Orlov, Mariupol’s deputy mayor, said earlier on BBC Radio 4’s PM programme that the ceasefire agreed to allow civilians to flee the city lasted “not more than 30 minutes.” Today, the Red Cross planned to oversee
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Ministers, according to Labour MP Diane Abbott, are waiting for the Windrush generation to die off before revamping the compensation scheme. Other MPs demanded that the scheme be handed up to an independent body rather than the
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In the Birmingham Erdington by-election, voting has begun. In a by-election, voters in the constituency of Birmingham’s Erdington in England are voting for a new MP. The election comes after the death of Labour’s Jack Dromey, who
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Russia’s demands of the UK to sell its shares in OneWeb, an internet firm, to allow the launch of a satellite have been rejected by the UK. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a Soyuz rocket carrying
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the governments of the West have begun adding to their list of sanctioned individuals. There are still a few Russians who have been sanctioned by the United States or the European Union
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The government is speeding up plans to combat the movement of “dirty money” and limit the laundering of ill-gotten gains in the UK housing market. The move comes just days after the Russian President ordered the invasion
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – What is the value of Russian currency in the United Kingdom? Many rich individuals and firms from Russia and other countries invest legally in the UK financial and real estate markets. However, the anti-corruption organisation Transparency International
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After the youth wing accused the leader of “backing Nato aggression” over the crisis in Ukraine, Keir Starmer suspended funding for Young Labour and cancelled its annual conference. The sudden crackdown is the latest spat between the