MPs Financial News

Cryptocurrency might be tech’s most controversial topic right now, but in Parliament the hubbub has died down in recent months.

British MPs have decided to open an investigation targeting Boris Johnson over the so-called "partygate" scandal, to find out whether he knowingly misled Parliament about illegal social events held on government property during coronavirus lockdowns.

A majority of German MPs rejected a bill on Thursday that would have required all residents over the age of 60 to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Czech MPs have formally voted to recognise the Soviet-era famine in Ukraine as genocide "against humanity".

The ruling Japanese political party’s new non-fungible token (NFT) task force has recommended that the government appoints a “Web 3.0 minister.”

Two Lithuanian MPs have called on the country to ban displays of the Russian military 'Z' symbol following its invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the French parliament on Wednesday via video link as he continues his campaign for western countries to impose tougher sanctions on Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to address the German parliament on Thursday morning.

Law firms are facing increasing political pressure to pull the plug on their Moscow operations and cut ties with Russian clients in light of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Law firms are facing increasing political pressure to pull the plug on their Moscow operations and cut ties with Russian clients in light of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russian lawmakers will on Tuesday vote on resolutions to demand President Vladimir Putin recognise two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.

The UK’s crypto industry has banded together with a cross-party group of MPs to raise concerns over how authorities plan to tax decentralised finance platforms.

The UK’s crypto industry has banded together with a cross-party group of MPs to raise concerns over how authorities plan to tax decentralised finance platforms.

Ukrainian MPs held up flags in parliament to thank the countries they feel have shown support to Kyiv amid warnings of a Russian invasion.

UK prime minister Boris Johnson will face his first PMQs on Wednesday since the publication of a report that found “failures of leadership” over COVID lockdown parties in Downing Street.

A new report by the cross-party Treasury Select Committee is calling on the Government to "push harder and act faster on the growing fraud epidemic".The report urges the Government to legislate against online fraudulent adverts and seriously consider whether online giants should reimburse those who fall victim to scams on their platforms.The Committee also recommends that the Government "urgently" legislates to make reimbursement for victims of ‘authorised push payment fraud’ mandatory - an issue which has already been taken up by rule makers and industry watchdogs.In a series of other recommendations, the report calls for law enforcement to be appropriately resourced to tackle the scale of the problem, for the Government to consider whether a single law enforcement agency with a clear responsibility to fight economic crime would be more effective, and for proper regulation to be introduced to protect consumers from fraud and money laundering in the cryptoasset industry.The Committee also advocates higher company formation fees and Companies House reform in order to prevent fraudsters from hiding their identities behind UK businesses to launder money and conduct crime, and pushes for the Government to set out the legislation it is current working on which could be included in an Economic Crime Bill.Mel Stride, chair of the Treasury Committee, says: "For too long, pernicious scammers have acted with impunity, ripping off innocent consumers with fraudulent online adverts, impersonation scams and dodgy crypto investments."Unfortunately, fraud has soared during the pandemic, and as MPs we’ve heard heart-breaking stories of individuals who have fallen victim to these criminals and lost large sums of money."Some of our

The governance of audit regulator the Financial Reporting Council is in a “pretty poor state” the government’s candidate to chair the organisation Sir Jan du Plessis told MPs.

The governance of audit regulator the Financial Reporting Council is in a “pretty poor state” the government’s candidate to chair the organisation Sir Jan du Plessis told MPs.

The Russian political talk shop is open – or at least it is for crypto, with many leading lawmakers hitting back at the Central Bank’s calls last week for a blanket ban on cryptoassets and token mining.

A Conservative MP has defected to the Labour party just as Boris Johnson is set to once again face British MPs in parliament to respond to questions about "partygate", a scandal that has threatened the prime minister's leadership.

Experts warned MPs that asking regulators to promote growth and international competitiveness as well as financial stability opens the door to greater risks in markets.