Episode 25. STAIRWAY TO (TAX) HAVEN: cleaning up Britain's dirty money

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Hello! What links some of the highest cost house prices, criminals and islands thousands of miles away? Dirty money and tax havens. We speak to Luke Harding, Tom Burgis and Naomi Hirst about the damage being done and how the UK can stop being a home for laundered money.

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Comedian Pippa Evans talks to a witch on a bus, shares sandwiches and takes a peek at what you're listening to.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by PodSaveTheUK,
0:02.8	the new weekly politics podcast with Nishkama and KokoKan.
0:06.4	We've been big fans of PodSaveAmerica for years.
0:10.5	And now, the people behind that podcast
0:13.3	bring you the same sharp, smart, funny perspective to UK politics.
0:17.8	Now, as I said at the start, the hosts and Nishkama,
0:20.6	love that guy.
0:21.7	You'll know him from the Mashraport,
0:23.8	count the Southern TV shows and podcasts and radio programs.
0:27.6	But as well as being one of the funniest people I know,
0:30.1	he is also one of the cleverest.
0:32.0	And this is going to be the place where you get to hear
0:35.2	that big old brain given space to soar.
0:38.6	Honestly, Nishkama's wired directly into the mainframe
0:41.8	of political news.
0:42.7	He's such an astute thinker and absolutely fearless.
0:46.4	And I was thrilled to see that he's teamed up
0:48.0	with journalist KokoKan.
0:49.6	I have really enjoyed her writing these last few years.
0:52.6	What I love about the pairing is she is not yet another
0:55.3	of the usual Westminster suspects.
0:57.3	Honestly, this is going to be funny.
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