Today’s revelations that senior MOD officers have taken up no less than 3,500 jobs in arms companies over the last 16 years go a long way to explaining why there is next to no regulation in the UK of the massive corruption involved in UK arms deals over the last 40 years.
Posts Tagged ‘Civil Service’
Revolving door for MoD generals to private sector links to lack of corruption regulation
Oct 17th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.Are there ‘sweetheart’ deals between HMRC and big business?
Jun 9th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.The victimisation of Osita Mba is upsetting. He is a revenue solicitor at HMRC who worked on the Goldman Sachs case where the latter fought for 5 years in the courts to avoid a tax liability. But when they finally lost, Dave Hartnett, the Revenue permanent secretary, reached a private deal with them in December […]