Want to fix Britain’s ‘dirty money’ problem? Start with our politicians

British politicians talk tough about defending democracy - but their colleagues earn fortunes working with the world’s oligarchs and autocrats

London has the dubious honour of being the global capital of dirty money. So this week I headed along to a small room in Parliament for the launch of a new report on how Britain’s PR industry launders the reputations of kleptocrats.

The discussion, chaired by Labour MP Liam Byrne, was lively. A public relations expert explained how firms clean the images…