The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Hodge

Public duty? For these Tory defectors, being an MP is just another career move

The Conservative ship is sinking – and MPs from Matt Hancock to Sajid Javid would rather make more money than face the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

All the MPs standing down at the next general election as Dominic Raab says he will quit (old)

Matt Hancock is to stand down as he looks to “influence the public debate” outside Parliament

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Donate ‘wartime profits’ to Ukraine or pay windfall tax, MPs tell BP

The company, which still owns stock in Russian oil, is being pressured to sever all ties with the country

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Tory donor’s name removed from kleptocracy report after ‘meritless’ libel threat

Russian-Turkmen ex-banker Dmitry Leus denies impropriety as MP says legal costs forced Chatham House to back down

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

Jews. In Their Own Words review – appalling revelations in a gallop through centuries of bigotry

Jonathan Freedland has turned 180,000 words drawn from interviews into a potent verbatim play about antisemitism and the blindspots of liberal institutions. The results feel urgent – but is its remit simply too large?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022

Once even Jews would utter the word ‘Jew’ in a whisper. Now it is up in lights

The fate of Jewish people is to be seen through a lens clouded by centuries of myth and imaginings. For a new play, I spoke to 12 British Jews whose stories illustrate the painful – and even bloody – consequences

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022

Chair of Anti-Corruption unit raises concerns over new UK Chancellor Zahawi

LABOUR MP Margaret Hodge has posted an open letter to Nadhim Zahawi, raising concerns over his suitability for the role of UK Chancellor.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2022

MPs push for new law to stop promoters of tax dodging getting away ‘scot free’

Senior Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge said enablers of “egregious tax avoidance” needed to be “held to account”.

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Anti-money laundering proposals ‘uninspired and insipid’, say MPs

Law Commission review of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales also criticised by campaigners

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022

UK’s defences against ‘dirty money’ overrun, say MPs

UK now ‘jurisdiction of choice for dirty money’, cross-party group says as it launches economic crime manifesto

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022