Inside the Wild West of Britain’s Private Investigators

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Behind the quiet doors of Britain’s private investigation firms lies a world that answers to almost no one. No licence, little oversight or barrier to entry – just a website, a phone number and the promise to find out what others can’t. It’s a profession that trades in secrets but operates largely without scrutiny, its… Continue reading Inside the Wild West of Britain’s Private Investigators

UK slides in corruption perception index after series of political scandals

The UK has fallen down Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index (CPI) after a year of high-profile government scandals. The CPI is not a measure of corruption itself but a measure of how much corruption is perceived to exist across a country’s public sector. For the UK government, already focusing very much on the next general election amid multiple scandals, perception matters.… Continue reading UK slides in corruption perception index after series of political scandals