Westminster launches dirty money charter

Officials are increasingly concerned about the 'explosion' in overseas investment into the PCL property market over the last decade.

Labour-controlled council is investigating how compulsory purchase orders could be employed to take control of properties which 'are not being used for their stated purpose'.

The Economic Crime Act allows the government to convey the impression that it is ‘doing something’ about the proceeds of kleptocracy being laundered in the UK - but far more fundamental and far-reaching…