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HMRC was aware a key tax credit was being widely defrauded as early as 2017, but had done little to fix it, The Times can reveal. It fought a legal battle for over a year to avoid disclosing this fact. Taxpayers have lost at least £4.1bn since 2020. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

I'll be speaking later this evening at the Royal United Services Institute on investigating and reporting on financial crime as a news reporter. my.rusi.org/events/on-the-…

Lord Hermer accused of blocking Russian asset seizures for Ukraine thetimes.com/article/830634…

The Cabinet Office has failed in a legal bin to block the transparency regulator from seeing ministerial register of interest forms in relation to an FOI appeal. But it has succeeded in delaying the process by months. My blog on the power of delay. relightmyfoia.blog/2025/03/13/the…

Prince Andrew embroils King in Chinese ‘spy’ scandal thetimes.com/article/34c00e…

A convicted stalker offended again after waiting months for a tag, amid delays in fitting tags by the electronic monitoring service managed by Serco. With James Beal thetimes.com/uk/law/article…

British academia has continued to pursue partnerships with Chinese defence universities despite MI5 warnings over espionage risks from hostile states, The Times can reveal. thetimes.com/article/915d97…

Delighted to see Dubai Unlocked shortlisted for the Sigma Awards 2025! gijn.org/stories/sigma-… Our reporting exposed how UK criminals were able to invest millions in Dubai, including a money launderer who bought two luxury Dubai apartments from his prison cell.

The government will scrap its covid fraud recovery unit Natis after The Times exposed its failures to recover taxpayer cash and raised questions over its governance. It secured just 14 prosecutions amid endemic abuse of the £47bn bounce back scheme. thetimes.com/article/2bb3df…

Very honoured to have won data journalist of the year!

Thirty-three professional football clubs are being investigated by HMRC amid claims that they exploited a tax scheme to wrongly claim more than £17 million in public money, The Times can reveal. thetimes.com/sport/football…

Hundreds of pandemic fraud cases are at risk of collapsing because the investigating officials were gathering evidence without the legal right to do so. An FOI shows officials at Thurrock Council based Natis were not correctly certified to do this work. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

My latest blog on Relight My FOIA. How one email from Dominic Cummings highlights a massive loophole in trasparency law. relightmyfoia.blog/2025/07/06/the…