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Mar 13, 2026
Investigations
Companies House flaw exposed five million directors and enabled company hijacking
A major vulnerability in the Companies House website gave unauthorised access to the private dashboard of any of the five million registered companies. It exposed directors’ home addresses and email addresses, and appears to have enabled attackers to change company and director details – and even file accounts. This article sets out what we know, […]
Mar 13, 2026
Investigations
MP Estate Planning: the unregulated firm selling defective trusts to the elderly
MP Estate Planning is an unregulated advisory firm using an extensive social media campaign to sell expensive “asset protection trusts” to elderly homeowners, often of relatively modest means. The pitch is simple: put your home into a trust and you can avoid inheritance tax, care home fees, divorce claims and creditors. Our investigation, drawing on […]
Feb 25, 2026
Investigations
The bizarre UK group selling US tax fraud to hundreds of Britons – and prosecuting its critics
Simon Goldberg and his UK-based organisation, Empower the People, are running an elaborate scheme to defraud the US Government. The group files fake US tax returns to trick the IRS into refunding their members’ everyday UK consumer spending – a practice the US tax authorities have repeatedly warned is fraudulent. When YouTuber Salim Fadhley publicised […]
Jan 31, 2026
Investigations
Emails show Peter Mandelson discussing Panama tax structure with Jeffrey Epstein
Previously unreported emails – first identified by Tax Policy Associates – show Peter Mandelson discussing with his “chief life adviser”, Jeffrey Epstein, a tax avoidance structure for the purchase of a £2m Rio apartment, involving a Panama company. Mr Mandelson told us that he has no recollection of the proposal, or knowledge as to the […]
Jan 6, 2026
Investigations
Samuel Leeds: the “property guru” and his bogus tax loopholes
Samuel Leeds is a self-proclaimed “property guru”. He makes substantial sums by using hard-sell tactics and conspiracy theories to sell expensive courses on property investment to people who can’t afford it. Mr Leeds makes an array of claims on social media about how to “pay zero tax” and “learn the tax loopholes that the rich […]
Nov 18, 2025
Investigations
Betting on tax avoidance – is Sky Bet avoiding £55m tax per year?
ITV News has just broadcast an investigation: gambling company Sky Bet has migrated its business to Malta to avoid around £55m of tax each year. We provided technical support for the investigation, and this report goes into further detail of what precisely Sky Bet has done. Sky Bet provides a vague explanation of why they […]
Nov 6, 2025
Investigations
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m PPE profits
During the pandemic, Douglas Barrowman’s company, PPE Medpro, sold £200 million of PPE to the Government. It made £65m profit, which went into trusts benefiting Barrowman and Mone’s families. Most of the PPE was later ruled to breach sterility standards but, rather than repay the money, Barrowman put PPE Medpro into administration. New documents show […]
Oct 23, 2025
Investigations
I’m being sued for £8m for a report on tax avoidance
I am being personally sued for more than £8m by a barrister, Setu Kamal. I believe this is one of the largest English libel claims ever made. Mr Kamal objects to a report we published back in February about a firm called Arka Wealth (which appears to have since gone out of business). In September […]
Oct 19, 2025
Investigations
Carter-Ruck enabled the $4bn OneCoin fraud. Was it a crime?
Carter-Ruck, Britain’s most famous libel firm, threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators and even the police on behalf of OneCoin, a $4 billion crypto-fraud. The firm played a key role in helping the fraud to continue. Did Carter-Ruck cross the line, and commit a criminal offence? UPDATE 15 December 2025: The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has just dismissed […]
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