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MINISTERS must stop dragging their heels and stop Britain being used as a “safe haven for dirty money,” John McDonnell said today.
The shadow chancellor urged the government to hurry up as it finally published a draft Registration of Overseas Properties Bill aimed at stopping foreign firms laundering cash by buying properties in Britain.
It would force foreign companies that own properties in Britain to reveal their ultimate owners on the world’s first public register of overseas entities’ beneficial ownership.
DEIRDRE O’CONNOR warns about a big shift in how freedom of speech and protest are treated in new policy document before Parliament today
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
