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BOSSES who refuse to appear before parliamentary committees must face criminal charges and a fine, Labour demanded yesterday.
Shadow Commons leader Chris Bryant said that Britain’s most “destructively powerful people” had regularly dodged calls to answer questions from MPs.
News Corp baron Rupert Murdoch, Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley and most recently former BHS owner Sir Philip Green all evaded scrutiny until they were formally summoned, while Craft Foods chief executive Irene Rosenfeld point-blank refused to answer questions about her company’s buyout of Cadbury and got away with it.
This by-election could plausibly see both Reform and Labour defeated — but splitting the left insurgent vote would put that at risk, argues CHRIS WILLIAMSON
ANSELM ELDERGILL is a member of Your Party and he suggests how the new party should reform Britain’s constitution
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership