Lib Dems want public register to stop freeports becoming ‘hotbeds’ for illicit finance.

The Lib Dems have urged Boris Johnson’s government to close a loophole which peers fear would let illegal cash from Russia and other parts of the world into the UK.

One of the UK’s top officials in monitoring economic crime has today warned about the “disturbing” prevalence of Russian money laundering in London, claiming up to half of all money laundered from the country is done through the UK.

'For at the same time as attempting to relegate Brexit to distant memory, the government is also claiming all kinds of benefits from “having left the EU”.'

Leaked copy of plan suggests UK will be told to match EU on workers’ rights, environmental protection and state aid

Establishing the tax havens could make it harder to sign a trade deal with the EU.