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'A show for our times': Baroness Hodge reviews 'Cable Street'
Books & culture
By Baroness Hodge
"A show for our times": Baroness Hodge reviews 'Cable Street'
This brave and compelling musical is an evening well spent for any political nerds in search of a little optimism
Plan to tackle dirty money in UK lacks ambition and funding
Economy
By Baroness Hodge
Plan to tackle dirty money in UK lacks ambition and funding
The government’s new Economic Crime Plan, their blueprint for cracking down on dirty money, has finally been published and it deserves some credit.
We must go further to root out dirty money in the UK for good
Economy
By Baroness Hodge
We must go further to root out dirty money in the UK for good
Last week, I sat in the House of Commons and listened as President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine described the horrors faced by his people at the hands of Putin’s war machine.
The public are fed up with an evasive Prime Minister believing himself to be above the rules
Political parties
By Baroness Hodge
The public are fed up with an evasive Prime Minister believing himself to be above the rules
If favours have indeed been dished out by Boris Johnson, then that smacks of corruption. We need an immediate, independent and robust investigation into his dealings to restore transparency and accountability in government.
Freeports will open up another gap in Britain's already over-stretched defences against economic crime
Communities
By Baroness Hodge
Freeports will open up another gap in Britain's already over-stretched defences against economic crime
The freedom from customs duties coupled with light-touch regulation will enable freeports to become onshore tax havens for criminals, kleptocrats and tax avoiders who all want to hide their ill-gotten gains.
The government will betray a generation of leaseholders unless they provide funding to remediate dodgy cladding on all tower blocks
Communities
By Baroness Hodge
The government will betray a generation of leaseholders unless they provide funding to remediate dodgy cladding on all tower blocks
The money on offer is only a third of the £15 billion needed to make every home safe from fire and the exclusion of tower blocks below 18 metres from any support will saddle working families with long term debt.
We must stamp out online hate that lays the foundation for persecution and atrocities to take place
Culture
By Baroness Hodge
We must stamp out online hate that lays the foundation for persecution and atrocities to take place
Government must hold social media companies responsible for establishing the identity of every user on their platform, so that anyone promoting hate speech and violence can be traced.
Netflix must pay its fair share of tax
Economy
By Baroness Hodge
Netflix must pay its fair share of tax

Netflix made an enormous $2bn in global profits last year. But the tech giant isn't paying a penny to the UK taxpayer, writes Dame Margaret Hodge MP