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Violation Tracker UK
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A tool for researching corporate regulatory infringements in the UK. Produced by
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🚨Our new analysis reveals that enforcement levels for corporate crime have dropped in 2025🚨

We found drops in enforcement across-
↘️ Labour Market
↘️ Health and Safety
↘️ Fraud
↘️Consumer Protection
↘️ Environment
↘️ Financial

Read more: goodjobsfirst.org/the-state-of...
The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement in 2025 - Good Jobs First
The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement in 2025 - Good Jobs First
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December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Violation Tracker UK April update now LIVE

This month:
- £40m penalty for Yorkshire Water
- £77m+ for car industry cartel
- EY and PwC fined
- Yet another workplace safety fine for Network Rail
- BBC, ITV, and others fined for freelance price-fixing
-Nottingham NHS fined £1.6m
April 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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April 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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EY fined almost £5m for its part in the collapse of Thomas Cook, which left thousands stranded abroad and 21,000 people losing their jobs

www.frc.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Sanctions against Ernst & Young LLP and Richard Wilson
The Executive Counsel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued a Final Settlement Decision Notice under the Audit Enforcement Procedure and imposed sanctions on Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and R...
www.frc.org.uk
April 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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For 15 years 10 carmakers and 2 industry bodies colluded to hide recycling information from customers, denying them the chance to make environmentally-conscious decisions

The CMA has issued £78m in fines

www.gov.uk/government/n...
Car industry settles competition law case
Car manufacturers and industry bodies have reached a settlement with the CMA after admitting to breaking competition law in relation to vehicle recycling, and related advertising claims.
www.gov.uk
April 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Dramatic drop in CQC fixed penalty notices since 2019, with a number of preventable deaths facing no regulatory enforcement action 👇
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Dramatic drop in CQC fixed penalty notices since 2019 - Good Jobs First
Dramatic drop in CQC fixed penalty notices since 2019 - Good Jobs First
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March 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Violation Tracker UK March update now LIVE

This month:
🚢Intrada fined £680k for fatal crash
🏦Major banks fined £104m for gov. bond price fixing
🎰AG Communications fined £1.4m for gambling violations
🏗️West Fraser fined £1m for workplace safety failings
March 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Five broadcasters have been caught colluding on pay rates for freelancers.

BBC, ITV, BT and IMG were fined a combined £4.24m, Sky avoided a fine for alerting the CMA
March 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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There are other options for increasing gov revenue than welfare cuts.

The amount owed to the government in unpaid taxes is estimated by HMRC to be £38.5 billion annually

For each £1 spent on compliance, £18 is returned

Read more in our report: goodjobsfirst.org/protecting-a...
Protecting All We Care About: The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement - Good Jobs First
Protecting All We Care About: The State of UK Regulatory Enforcement - Good Jobs First
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March 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The CMA is one of the more effective UK regulators, issuing £1,051,186,879 in penalties since 2010
www.ft.com/content/b937...
Rachel Reeves to restrict UK competition watchdog’s merger investigations
Chancellor wants Competition and Markets Authority’s probes to be faster and more predictable
www.ft.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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VTUK February update now LIVE

🗓️This month
- NEW: CQC fixed penalties
- Network Rail and Travis Perkins receive fines for health and safety breaches that resulted in fatalities
February 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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£104.4m in fines handed out to Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada for exchanging sensitive information around government bonds

The CMA has now issued more in fines in the first two months of 2025 than in the entirety of 2024

www.gov.uk/government/n...
CMA reaches settlement with banks in competition case
Banks agree to pay fines for past exchanges of sensitive information about UK government bonds.
www.gov.uk
February 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Network Rail have been fined £4 million after two workers lost their lives. This will be their 137th sanction since 2010 for safety failures, including multiple deaths and many serious injuries through negligence
In December the RMT warned about 'catastrophic' cuts to maintenance
February 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Ilchester Estates fined for over-abstraction from precious chalk-stream

www.gov.uk/government/n...
Ilchester Estate pays nearly £28,000 for over abstracting water
The Environment Agency used powers to impose a Variable Monetary Penalty after the estate took more water from the Dorset Frome than it was licensed to do.
www.gov.uk
February 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Over half of safe care failings picked up by the Ombudsman not leading to CQC follow up - Good Jobs First
Over half of safe care failings picked up by the Ombudsman not leading to CQC follow up - Good Jobs First
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February 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Neglect, poor hygiene, and more: residents are potentially being put at risk by CQC failing to inspect care homes after care quality violations

👉https://goodjobsfirst.org/over-half-of-safe-care-failings-picked-up-by-the-ombudsman-not-leading-to-cqc-follow-up/
January 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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How active were UK regulators this year? goodjobsfirst.org/2024-uk-corp...
2024 UK Corporate Misconduct Roundup - Good Jobs First
2024 UK Corporate Misconduct Roundup - Good Jobs First
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December 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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Second conviction of the year for BAM Nuttall, who have now accrued almost £6 million in fines since 2013 and whose safety failures have led to the deaths and serious injuries of multiple workers

news.sky.com/story/bam-nu...
BAM Nuttall fined after 23-year-old man crushed to death at Shetland wind farm site in work accident
The mum of Liam MacDonald, 23, said he was "just at the start of his adult life, still finding who he was, and full of hopes and dreams".
news.sky.com
December 23, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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Huge water bill increases announced, meanwhile this year in fines...
Anglian- £372k
Northumbrian- £50k
Severn Trent -£3.3m
Southern- £349k
Thames Water- lost credit ratings
United Utilities - a caution and a warning letter from the DWI
Wessex- £560k
Yorkshire- £200k

Are we paying for poor conduct?
December 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Violation Tracker UK December update now LIVE
This month
- £40m fine for Barclays
- £13m fine for Macquarie Bank
- Crowe UK fined £455k for Akazoo audit
-Amey community fined £600,000 after a prisoner died of legionella
December 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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December 11, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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Strikes and protests against Amazon are taking place in over 30 countries this Black Friday to #MakeAmazonPay for exploiting workers and accelerating climate breakdown in pursuit of growth at all costs. Corporate Watch stands in solidarity with everyone taking action.
November 29, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Earlier this year Amazon refused to attend a hearing on the horrid working practices in its warehouses.

🎉MEPs had the courage to boot Amazon out of the EU Parliament

#MakeAmazonPay

www.ft.com/content/11d2...
Amazon lobbyists to be barred from European parliament
Move comes after pressure from activist groups over transparency and working conditions at ecommerce group
www.ft.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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As Amazon is under increasing pressure, it has increased its lobby presence.

💸an EU lobby budget of €5 million euro
📈a combined €4,3 million lobby budget in France and Germany in '23 - a 20% increase
🕴️funds over 20 think tanks and 70 associations

corporateeurope.org/en/2023/11/a...
Amazon's lobbying satellites orbit EU policy-makers
From workers' rights to data protection, environmental impact and abuses of dominance, the growing reach of Amazon is facing backlash. In response, the digital giant is ramping up its lobbying power i...
corporateeurope.org
November 29, 2024 at 9:45 AM