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MPs ask for data on how foreign states are abusing Companies House

Source: PA Wire

The Government has been asked to set out how it is tackling the use by Iran and other state actors of UK-registered companies to avoid sanctions.

The head of the Business and Trade database, which all UK companies are registered to.

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